Node.js at Scale - Tutorial Series | @RisingStack

Under this tag, you'll find the articles belonging to the tutorial series called "Node.js at Scale" - written by the engineers of RisingStack.

Node.js Async Best Practices & Avoiding the Callback Hell

by Tamas Hodi

by János Kubisch

Last updated: Feb 10, 2020

This post covers what tools and techniques you have at your disposal when handling Node.js asynchronous operations. Learn how to avoid the callback hell !

Building an API Gateway using Node.js

by Péter Márton

Last updated: Aug 03, 2017

Learn what are the benefits and best practices of API Gateways for microservices, and how you can start building yours using Node.js

Node.js Post-Mortem Diagnostics & Debugging

by Gergely Nemeth

Last updated: May 09, 2017

Let's take a look at node-report, a project which helps you to do post-mortem diagnostics & figure out what went wrong with your Node.js app in production.

How to Debug Node.js with the Best Tools Available

by Gergely Nemeth

Last updated: Apr 25, 2017

Let's take a look at the available options & tools to debug Node.js - the pino & debug modules, the built-in debugger, the v8 inspector & Visual Studio Code

The Definitive Guide for Monitoring Node.js Applications

by Gergely Nemeth

Last updated: Mar 28, 2017

This is a deep-level guide about running and monitoring Node.js applications in production. We'll discuss general principles as well as tools you can use.

Node.js End-to-End Testing with Nightwatch.js

by Gergely Nemeth

Last updated: Mar 21, 2017

In this article, we are going to take a look at how you can do Node.js end-to-end testing using Nightwatch.js

Getting Node.js Testing and TDD Right

by Peter Czibik

Last updated: Feb 14, 2017

In this in-depth tutorial we discuss how you can do TDD (test-driven development) the right way; and how you should approach testing Node.js applications.

CQRS Explained

by Péter Márton

Last updated: Jan 31, 2017

This article explains how CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) works and how you can use it. Example repo and real life use-cases inside.

Event Sourcing with Examples in Node.js

by Péter Márton

Last updated: Jan 23, 2017

From this article you can learn what Event Sourcing is, and when should you use it. We’ll also take a look at some examples with code snippets.

JavaScript Clean Coding Best Practices

by András Tóth

Last updated: Dec 13, 2016

This post covers general clean coding guidelines for naming and using variables & functions, as well as some JavaScript specific clean coding best practices

Advanced Node.js Project Structure Tutorial

by András Tóth

Last updated: Dec 06, 2016

This Node.js project structure tutorial helps you to build an app that's easy to scale and maintain, and where the config is separated from business logic.