I do a lot with messaging architectures, and because I work on embedded systems so much lately, my main broker protocol has been MQTT, used with Javascript. I learned something that surprised me this morning, even though it really shouldn't have, given some thought. MQTT is a common protocol used in IoT. It stands for… Continue reading Messaging with MQTT and Javascript
Tag: nodejs
Your Infrastructure Uses Programming Principles Too
It's important to remember that your development and deployment infrastructure uses programs, written by programmers. Because of that, sometimes things will break, and while that's not fun, it's still just programming - report bugs, try to figure out fixes and workarounds, discuss, and contribute, just like you would with any other programming situation. Of course,… Continue reading Your Infrastructure Uses Programming Principles Too
WebStorm tip
When you're working with NodeJS in JetBrains' excellent WebStorm IDE, don't forget to configure your NodeJS environment properly. I was using the default configuration, and it was warning me that process.env wasn't imported, and needed to be. Everything ran okay, though, so I was not very pleased with the warning. I want my warnings to… Continue reading WebStorm tip
