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A One Time Password (OTP) generator npm library based on nanoid
Mobile number has become the defacto user authentication mechanism in India and hence, OTP generation is a very common use case. otp-gen-agent is a …
Use NVM and .nvmrc for a better Javascript development
Node Version Manager (NVM) is an open source version manager for Node.js (Node) and allows to easily install & manage different versions of Node …
Async Operations with AbortController & AbortSignal in Nodejs
AbortController is the standard way to abort any ongoing operations. AbortController and AbortSignal are now part of Nodejs LTS (originally introduced …
A Deep Dive into Nodejs Event Loop: Key to Non-Blocking I/O
Event Loop is what allows Node.js to perform non-blocking I/O operations ; despite the fact that JavaScript is single-threaded ; by offloading …
Guide to Nodejs Timers: setTimeout, setImmediate & nextTick
Timers and process.nextTick() are core concepts of Nodejs. It is important to undestand and be familiar with these and use them with ease. …
Understand Nodejs Readable, Writable and Transform Streams
A stream in Node.js is an interface for working with streaming data. Many developers find streams confusing the first time they meet them. The mental …
Clustering & Inter Process Communication (IPC) in NodeJS
Introduction A single instance of Node.js runs in a single thread. This does not allow to take advantage of multi-core systems automatically. However, …