The release of hapi v17 marks a change of the framework towards modern Node.js features. With v17, hapi has full end-to-end support for async/await. This major release is basically a rewrite of the hapi code base from callbacks to async/await. The recent changes in JavaScript and Node. …

Using Gravatar for profile pictures feels like the snake game on Nokia phones. You know, the Nokia phones that are still charged if you’d find one in your winter jacket 😄 The older Nokia phones with model names like “Nokia 3210” used to have a game installed called “snake”. You …

We all know the three passwords that we use across the Internet when creating new accounts. They are memorable, typed quickly because we’ve typed them so often and they vary in complexity to match every website’s requirement. At work, you may need to change your password every 45 …

Sending emails from your application is a beneficial feature. In situations where a user signs up for your platform or wants to reset the password, use their attention. Welcome emails should have a single, targeted call to action. The foundations of all the tactics to use the user’s attention …

It’s always good to know how to implement the boilerplate parts of a web application. Within the previous tutorial of this “learn hapi” learning path, you’ve implemented the sign up flow to onboard users. Add the second part that belongs to user onboarding: the login flow. The current …

A sign-up flow, with an email address and password, is one of the de-facto features web apps implement. Assumingly, every web developer has implemented this part of a boilerplate themselves 😉 You know what? That’s totally fine because it’s important to know the fundamentals of all this and that …

Developer tools are a minefield. We’re so picky about the tools we use and require a high quality or don’t even consider them. You have an ingrained workflow if you’re like me, you behave like a robot when starting your programming. Update — February 28th 2018 The code …