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A handy collection of quick tips for Node.js, JavaScript, Git and the command line.

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Tips for migrating from Express to Fastify

Post author By Simon Plenderleith
Post date March 11, 2021
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2 min read Server creation and configuration is quite similar Fastify plugins are configured a little differently to Express middleware Express routes won’t show up when you call fastify.printRoutes() Fastify automatically serializes objects and arrays to JSON when you send them

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Background a process in the terminal

Post author By Simon Plenderleith
Post date March 2, 2021
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How to speed up npm install in your Node.js builds

Post author By Simon Plenderleith
Post date February 12, 2021
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How to use the nullish coalescing operator

Post author By Simon Plenderleith
Post date January 14, 2021
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Don’t install body-parser – it’s already bundled with Express

Post author By Simon Plenderleith
Post date December 10, 2020
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