Category: Tech

#01 – Introduction – Learn GraphQL

In this post, we have discussed what is GraphQL, the differences between REST API's and GraphQL API development architectures, and an example scenario to elaborate on the differences between the two approaches. What is GraphQL? It is a new API development standardIt is a query language for API'sIt provides declarative syntax to fetch data from multiple data sourcesIt's an alternate to REST API development architectureUnlike REST, it exposes only a single endpoint to respond to queriesIt solves the problem of over-fetching and under-fetching the dataIt speeds up the development because we don't need to adjust API every time the front-end...
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#01 Introduction – Learn Next.js

Next.js is a framework used to develop production ready React applications. Next.js provides many useful features e.g. pre-rendering, smart bundling, dynamic file-based routing, route pre-fetching and many more. In this blog post, we have discussed the prerequisites, how to create next.js application, next.js pages, and pre-rendering techniques.

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WordPress Security Checklist

Following are some general recommendations to enhance security of a WordPress website. Use a security plugin e.g. Wordfence (if not already installed) and make sure that it’s updated to the latest version. Following is a short summary of recommended Wordfence settings:Make sure that the “Enabled and Protecting” mode is enabled after the “Learning” period is ended.In “Protection Level”, make sure to optimize the Wordfence firewall by enabling the Extended Protection mode.Upgrade the plugin to the premium version to enable the “Real Time IP Blacklist” feature to protect the website from malicious activities using the updated and latest database.The other default...
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NPM Commands Not Working in Integrated Terminal of VSCode

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) provides an integrated terminal to run commands inside the current directory. Recently, I installed VSCode and tried to run the NPM commands and it shows following errors:

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Common PHP Warnings/ Errors and their Solutions

Recently, we have updated our PHP version to the latest stable version (7.4.9) for our WordPress website. After the update we started getting PHP warnings. We have listed some of the warnings with their possible solutions in this blog post.

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Server Side Pagination Using NodeJS, MongoDB and Angular Material Tables

Normally, we use Angular Material's data tables with pagination (mat-paginator) to list the results. This is not an efficient and optimal approach particularly if there are lots of records to show in the table. Angular Material's pagination just divides the received records into the paginated records. So, if we need to display lots of records in data tables, then the efficient and optimal approach is to use Server Side Pagination. Following, sections will demonstrate the server-side pagination using NodeJS (API), MongoDB (database), and Angular Material data tables. API using NodeJS and MongoDB Following is a sample code, written in NodeJS...
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