The main idea of Node.js is to use non-blocking, event-driven I/O to remain lightweight and efficient in the face of data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices. How it works under-the-hood is pretty interesting. Compared to traditional web-serving techniques where each connection (request) spawns a new thread, taking up system RAM and eventually maxing-out […]
In this post, we will go through a way to deploy PHP applications to a shared web host (and not a cloud instance or server). why a shared host you may ask?Because, you don’t have to worry about backups, email, database, security, SSL certs(along with renewals) and a host of other things that you wouldn’t […]
My intention here is to create an Aha!! moment, a moment when you realise this is all there is to a Virtual Machine. IntroductionVirtual Machines are everywhere, you must have definitely heard about the JVM(Java Virtual Machine), .NET CLR (C#), Zend(PHP), Dalvik/ART Virtual Machine for Android etc. You might have also heard about the the […]
If you have used PHP, you likely had to deal with a database in one form or another, There are various ways to communicate with the database, you could start with PDO and start using raw queries or you could interact with the database at an object level using a Repository pattern or Active Record […]