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If you want to use the server starter directly without going through the tutorial, find the code on Github. Link to the next parts are at the bottom of this page. In Part I and II we didn’t write much code. Time to write some boilerplate code, and to make our first queries to the MongoDB database through the GraphQL API. There’s no easy way to proceed step by step with this chapter, but everything will make sense at the end. ...

If you want to use the server starter directly without going through the tutorial, find the code on Github. Link to the next parts are at the bottom of this page. In Part I we built a basic Koa.js server with Typescript and improved our workflows with some tooling. The next step would be to set up a database to store and retrieve data. We will use MongoDB, a NoSQL database. But we’d like to have a single and simple way to install it on each developer’s machine instead of relying on tedious manual configuration. We’d also like to make the installation process deterministic, with configuration stored in files instead of set by the OS itself (environment variables). ...

If you want to use the server starter directly without going through the tutorial, find the code on Github. Link to the next parts are at the bottom of this page. I recently needed to build a server for a side project. Building the foundation to provide generic features any server is expected to deliver ended up being a new side project by itself! Today there are many great tools to build a robust and versatile back-end, and plenty documentation available. However it is hard to find tutorials for building a generic back-end, with very little configuration needed to adapt it to any business application. It is also hard to find info about grouping all the different tools and frameworks needed together. This tutorial is nothing more than a summary of all the tribal knowledge spread out there. ...

How to use Git in a project? I had the opportunity to prepare a presentation of Git and thought it would be great to share it to whoever wants to use it in a project. It targets beginners (no knowledge is required). It explains the process pipeline, and how to use Gitkraken as a graphic client. The presentation goes through the following subjects: What is Git exactly ? Git clients Gitkraken in depth Good practices Keeping problems away (tentative) Resources It is available here : Link ...

Loading of a C++ class from a shared library (Modern C++) To go to the Github repository, click here. There is already a lot of stuff on internet, related to dynamic loading of classes from a shared library. However I couldn’t find a simple example and explanation on how to do it with the following conditions : Modern C++ (from c++11): Use of smart pointers to store the classes retrieved from the libraries Cross-platform: Works on UNIX (tested on Linux & MacOS) and Windows. Generic enough to be used by a wide range of programs. Introduction One of the best ways to make a C++ program accept plugins is to use dynamic loading of a class from a library. According to Wikipedia, dynamic loading is the process that allows to retrieve functions and variables from a library. It’s very powerful, for multiple reasons: ...