Tips
Practical tips for common Node.js tasks: email, CSV, uploads, and more.

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Developing with Node.js inevitably involves debugging issues and learning tricks that make development smoother. Having a collection of tips and solutions for common problems can save hours of frustration.

In this unit, you’ll find practical tips and debugging techniques for Node.js development. We’ll cover solutions for common errors, debugging strategies, performance tips, and practical tricks that experienced Node.js developers rely on.

These tips complement the core Node.js units and provide quick solutions when you encounter specific problems in your development workflow.

Lessons in this unit:

0: ▶︎ Introduction
1: Axios crashes the Node.js process when the request fails
2: How to set up a cron job that runs a Node.js app
3: How to get both parsed body and raw body in Express
4: Interact with the Google Analytics API using Node.js
5: How to bulk convert file names using Node.js
6: How to deep copy JavaScript objects using structuredClone
7: How to handle file uploads in Node.js
8: How to send an email using nodemailer
9: Logging all the requests coming through an Express app
10: How to upload an image to S3 using Node.js
11: How to read a CSV file with Node.js
12: How to set the current working directory of a Node.js program
13: How to upload files to S3 from Node.js
14: How to write a CSV file with Node.js
15: Where to host a Node.js app
16: Parsing JSON with Node.js
17: nodemailer, how to embed an image into an email
18: The Pug Guide
19: Restarting a Node process without file changes
20: How to use Sequelize to interact with PostgreSQL