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Interact with the Command Line using "process.argv" in NodeJS

Jan 6, 20214 min read

Follow Me on Twitter @AnnaJMcDougall One of the really cool things I'm discovering about NodeJS is that it allows us to interact more directly with computers, and enables the production of tools using the CLI (Command Line Interface: you may know it ...

Reading and Writing Files/Directories in NodeJS Using the FS Core Module

Jan 5, 202110 min read

Yesterday, I answered my own SUPER-NOOB questions about servers and NodeJS. Today, I want to have a look at how we can use a core module within NodeJS which allows us to interact with the file system. This core module is called fs (file system). Let'...

"What does it mean to write/run a server?" Answering My Own Questions About NodeJS

Jan 4, 20218 min read

Follow Me on Twitter @AnnaJMcDougall It's a new year, and I am thrilled to finally be dipping my toes into the waters of back-end development as my class begins to explore NodeJS. Switching mindset from front-end to back-end can be a difficult task, ...

Ten Tips for How YOU Can Make Your Workplace Friendlier for Women

Dec 14, 202014 min read

Friends, let's talk. It has been a hard year for everyone, and something that happens in hard years is that we have less patience for little annoyances because all our energy is spent keeping... /gestures at everything/ at bay. So I've been seeing ...

What is a Variable? | JS in <3

Dec 7, 20205 min read

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9PscU1uMrA Follow me on Twitter One of the earliest hurdles to jump over for JavaScript beginners is the concept of a variable. In this blog post accompaniment to my JS in <3 YouTube Series, I'll go into a bit more d...

Understanding Private Variables in JavaScript Class Constructors

Nov 3, 20204 min read

This week, my class has been looking into factory functions and classes. Naturally, the topic of 'private variables' came up, and has been a source of much confusion. To me, this confusion is similar to the confusion over Closure, which I addressed i...

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