Imagine a planning tool like a ToDo-list where you want to schedule a task due for tomorrow. Clicking a button “plan for tomorrow“ sets the due date to tomorrow. Your database still needs an actual date as the deadline. This tutorial shows you how to retrieve tomorrow’s date in …

When preparing a package release, you may want to preview the upcoming release locally. The NPM CLI has a handy command to create a tarball locally: {{outline}} Create a Local Release Package Running the npm pack command in a directory containing a package.json file will create a .tar.gz …

The release of GitHub Actions opened up opportunities around testing. Testing your code in GitHub is now doable using Docker-based actions. When running your tests, you may need a database dependency, like Redis. This tutorial shows you how to use Redis when testing your code. You’ll also see how …

GitHub Actions provide powerful automation, like running tests for your codebase. Keeping your continuous integration pipeline close to your code is a sweet setup. Typically, an application requires a database dependency. If you’re in the need for MongoDB when using GitHub Actions, this tutorial is for you! {{outline}} Use …

We ran into the following error when creating Docker-based GitHub Actions: the “standard_init_linux.go:211: exec user process caused „no such file or directory“” Everything worked locally and the Dockerfile looked good as well. Yet, when pushing the code to the build server (in this case GitHub), building …

Using GitHub Actions are a good use-case for testing purposes. You can conveniently provision testing dependencies like databases using the Docker-based architecture. You may also test your application against a combination of versions, a so called testing matrix. This tutorial outlines the steps to test your application against all combinations …

Generating random IDs or strings in Node.js or JavaScript is useful in various situations. For example, when generating an application or encryption key you want to create random strings with a minimal chance of duplication or collision. This tutorial shows you two ways to create a random string with …

GitHub Actions is a new product in the GitHub family. GitHub Actions offers a configuration-centric approach to run tasks, like a CI/CD pipeline, on defined events like tagging a new release. GitHub Actions open a whole new world for developers to automate tasks. The product is built on Docker …