samoshkin

Postman vs Insomnia comparison

Postman | API Development Environment https://www.getpostman.com
Insomnia REST Client - https://insomnia.rest/

Features	Insomnia	Postman	Notes
Create and send HTTP requests	x	x
Authorization header helpers	x	x	Can create "Authorization" header for you for different authentication schemes: Basic, Digest, OAuth, Bearer Token, HAWK, AWS

dmansfield

//
// tested with kerberos 0.0.12 on linux against apache running mod_auth_kerb with Samba AD providing KDC
//
var Kerberos = require('kerberos').Kerberos;
var kerberos = new Kerberos();
var http = require('http');

function httpget(opts, callback) {
	console.log('submitting to '+(opts.hostname||opts.host)+' with authorization header: '+(opts.headers||{}).authorization);
	var req = http.get(opts, function(res) {

domenic

This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:

getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
 // the rest of your code goes here.

lancejpollard

What is your folder-structure preference for a large-scale Node.js project?

0: Starting from Rails

This is the reference point. All the other options are based off this.

|-- app
|   |-- controllers
|   |   |-- admin

isaacs

// See comments below.

// This code sample and justification brought to you by
// Isaac Z. Schlueter, aka isaacs

// standard style
var a = "ape",
  b = "bat",
  c = "cat",
  d = "dog",