Category: Javascript Development

Node.js 9.x.x and npm 6.x.x – “npm audit” to identify and fix security vulnerabilities in dependencies

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It has been a while I have been reading about the major changes that areintroduced in Node.js 9.x.x / NPM 6.x.x and myself faced by Node.js application going to a toss after I upgraded to Node.js 9.x.x, as I always keep Node.js up to date in my development environment. I use NVM(Node Virtual Manager) to… Continue reading

[NPM Tip] Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain

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As a developer, if you are behind a corporate proxy that assigns an intermediatory self signed SSL certificate to every request to provide secure content filtering as part of cybersecurity measures, I am sure you might have gone through the pain to get it working when working with NodeJS. if you have Admin access to… Continue reading

[NPM Tip] Rewriting the default protocol for GitHub package references

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Some times as a Modern Web Developer you will face some “npm install” as some of the packages would be referring to git/ssh protocol to reference private packages from Git Hub. This would fail when you are behind a corporate proxy. Rewriting the default protocol for GitHub, run the following snippet in your command line… Continue reading

TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012–v0.8.3.1

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Microsoft has released an Incremental update to TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 – the version 0.8.3.1, which is the first update to the v0.8.3 released in Feb 2013. You can download the latest bits from here: Download TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 – v0.8.3.1