Node.js
Setting up billing for your SaaS product inevitably forces you to think about billing periods: While you may opt for a monthly subscription plan, certain customers may prefer different schedules like annual or semi-annual payments, especially when you’re closing enterprise deals. Chances are you’re using an external provider
Node.js
A short feedback loop between writing and running code is critical for seeing how changes apply to a codebase. The longer the time to see results, the more inefficient and cumbersome it becomes to write and test software. Usually, delays are caused by build tooling, which performs steps like compiling
Node.js
When building software that is accessed by multiple actors concurrently, such as APIs and web services in general, you sometimes need to restrict access to only a couple of entities, maybe even just one at a time. In multi-threaded systems, it can be important to have exclusive access to a
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Implementing features like Single Sign-On (SSO) usually is one of the loathed tasks when building a SaaS product. Bigger customers, especially in the enterprise segment, will require integration with their identity providers like Azure AD or Okta, allowing them to sign in with their existing company account. For companies, using
Node.js
I spent the last weeks getting started on a minor side project, which I eventually want to use as a simple macOS application. I didn't require any fancy distribution paths through the Mac App Store, but sharing with friends and perhaps making the application available for being downloaded,
Node.js
Three days ago, the first major version of Deno was released with an accompanying blog post that quickly took the front pages of HackerNews, Twitter, and other communities we tend to spend too much time on. Needless to say, during the past 72 hours, a lot of opinions have been
Jest
Snapshot Testing is a powerful method to build assertions that hold up throughout the development lifecycle. Chances are, that you're already snapshotting parts of your systems, be it network data or results of pure functions. In the Node.js ecosystem, Jest is a popular testing framework, allowing to
Jest
Jest is, no doubt, one of the most popular test runners for the JavaScript ecosystem. It contains just the right amount of features to quickly build testing solutions for all project sizes, without thinking about how the tests should be run, or how snapshots should be managed, as we'