Node is an extremely dynamic platform that is always changing. Packages have frequent updates, and as a personal preference, I like to update my global packages frequently. I feel comfortable doing this because each individual application I develop defines dependencies and dependency versions in it's own package.json file. As always, I take zero responsibility and risk for … [Read more...] about List and Update Outdated Global Packages in NPM
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Set Default Node Version in NVM | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and OSX
I have been working with Node a lot lately and one of my frustrations was getting the Node Version Manager (NVM) to recognize a default version. After some google searching, I found some answers and after some trial and error, I found a solution that works on both my desktop development machine (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) and my Macbook Pro running OSX El Capitan. Set Default Node … [Read more...] about Set Default Node Version in NVM | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and OSX
Connect to MS Access Database with Javascript | HTA App
This one is a work in progress. The end goal is to build an easy scaffold for users to quickly build an HTA CRUD interface that connects to an MS Access database. For those of you who don't know what an HTA application is, you can read a very high level explanation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_Application HTA is wildly out of fashion. Most people don't know what … [Read more...] about Connect to MS Access Database with Javascript | HTA App