How to sort a collection by date in MongoDB?
Just a slight modification to @JohnnyHK answer In many use cases we wish to have latest records to be returned (like for latest updates / inserts).
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How to properly upgrade node using nvm
This may work: For example: then, if you want, you can delete your previous version with: Where, in your case, NEW_VERSION = 5.4 OLD_VERSION = 5.0 Alternatively, try:
Properly close mongoose’s connection once you’re done
You can close the connection with
What exactly does “/usr/bin/env node” do at the beginning of node files?
#!/usr/bin/env node is an instance of a shebang line: the very first line in an executable plain-text file on Unix-like platforms that tells the system what interpreter to pass that file to for execution, via the command line following the magic #! prefix (called shebang). Note: Windows does not support shebang lines, so they’re effectively … Read more
Hapi/Joi Validation: How to process text to a specific format
You can try the following: And while validating with schema, you can use the convert:true option as: Alternatively, you can directly provide additional preferences to convert the Joi validated object in the schema: Here is a link to working example: https://repl.it/repls/HarmfulEvenPhases
Node.js – EJS – including a partial
With Express 3.0: the path is relative from the caller who includes the file, not from the views directory set with app.set(“views”, “path/to/views”). EJS v1 includesEJS v2 includes (Update: the newest syntax for ejs v3.0.1 is <%- include(‘myview.ejs’) %>)
How do I use HTML as the view engine in Express?
I tried this simple change from the seed and created the corresponding .html files (e.g. index.html). and this file remained the same: but while running I get 500 Error: Cannot find module ‘html’ Is my only option to use ‘ejs’? My intent was to use plain HTML in conjuction with AngularJS.
In Mongoose, how do I sort by date? (node.js)
Sorting in Mongoose has evolved over the releases such that some of these answers are no longer valid. As of the 4.1.x release of Mongoose, a descending sort on the date field can be done in any of the following ways: For an ascending sort, omit the – prefix on the string version or use … Read more
How to update a array value in Mongoose
You can’t use both $set and $push in the same update expression as nested operators. The correct syntax for using the update operators follows: where <operator1>, <operator2> can be from any of the update operators list specified here. For adding a new element to the array, a single $push operator will suffice e.g. you can … Read more
How to store Node.js deployment settings/configuration files?
Much later, I found a pretty good Node.js module for managing configuration: nconf. A simple example: It also supports storing settings in Redis, writing configuration files, and has a fairly solid API, and is also backed by one of the more well-respected Node.js shops, Nodejitsu, as part of the Flatiron framework initiative, so it should be fairly future-proof. Check out nconf … Read more