We as Node.js developers are constantly feeling the hype around the next shiny new library. It seems every other day there’s a new one picking up steam. Well, our mind tells us to look at it and integrate into projects. Ignore all the hype for a second and …

Pagination is an essential part of web applications to split large data sets into chunks. Pagination is like the penguins in the Madagascar movie: a secret star. You couldn’t live with it while having a minor role in the play. With growing data sets in your Futureflix app, you …

Testing your hapi applications might require expected values and responses that match a set of data. The code library from hapi’s ecosystem is an assertions library based on chai. Code exposes an expressive and readable language-style interface. You’ll get a grasp on features and the usage in the …

The Futureflix Starter Kit serves two different types of content: movies and TV shows. Each movie separates from all others, even though it’s a pre- or sequel. TV shows are different in a way that they consist of seasons and each season has an amount of episodes. Mongoose comes …

You added a profile editing screen in the previous tutorial. This profile editing view lets users update their personal username and homepage. Up to this point, each user has a blank profile after signing up. Following this tutorial, you’ll generate a username based on the user’s email address …

Hapi is our favorite Node.js web framework. One of the reasons we love hapi is the easiness of testing. The built-in server.inject method helps you to follow a test-driven development approach. This tutorial gets you started with testing in hapi. You’ll set up your project to run …

During the last weeks, you made tremendous progress on “learn hapi” and your Futureflix app grows in functionality. Up to this point, you rely on hapi’s built-in security mechanisms. We didn’t care about adding custom protection yet (which is totally fine). That changes now and it’s what …