Install ES Lint modules

npm install --save-dev eslint-plugin-import eslint

Install Airbnb config

Use the base version for Node.js applications. They also publish a version for React applications as eslint-config-airbnb.

Git stash is a great set of commands while working on volatile porjects where you are just trying out a proof of concept or a module.

Spotinst is one of the providers which support deploying serverless functions or FaaS (Function as a Service). Serverless Framework is an NPM module which makes building serverless applications easy and open.

Crypto Compare

Crypto Compare is a website and API provider which brings you all the latest streaming pricing data in the world of cryptocurrencies. Their API documentation is available here.

Update NodeJS version

• All of the blank VMs on cloud9 have nvm pre installed.
• List all the available versions from the official site.

nvm ls-remote

• Choose to install the latest version

nvm install v10.6.0

• Choose to use the latest version

nvm use v10.6.0

• Check the version in use

node --version

Angular

• Install latest Angular CLI package

npm install -g @angular/cli

• Create a new project named my-project (you can use any name you need)

ng new my-project
cd my-project

• Change start script in package.json

{
  ...
  
  "scripts": {
    ...
    
    "start": "ng serve --host $IP  --port $PORT --public-host $C9_HOSTNAME",
    
    ...
  }
  
  ...
}

• On IDE menu, click on Preview > Preview Running Application to get the preview URL.

Downside

Everything works perfectly expect that the live reload, sometimes, is slower than usual.

Glitch is a online workspace that support javascript for development with live previews.

Proxy settings can be changed in {{maven_installation_folder}}/conf/settings.xml. Un-comment and change the values in proxies section of the file. Changes to this file doesn’t require maven restart.

Remote Repository on Deployment Server

Create two folders named project.git and project.source. Create a bare git repo in project.git

Loopback models can be extended by adding custom methods to them. A method can be:

Destroy All API (Model.destroyAll()) is, by default, disabled to avoid accidental bulk deletion of data. However, it might be required for developmental purposes.