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Adding App Authentication with PassportJs on a MEVN Stack

This tutorial will teach you how to create signup and login functionality on an app built with Vue3, Express, Mongo, and Node.  We'll start where our last tutorial left off: Connecting our ExpressJs/

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
13 min read
Tutorials

How to Properly Logout using PassportJs, Express-Session, on a Single Page App

Proper logout using PassportJs & Express-Session for single page web application, clearing both the client cookie and database session.

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
2 min read

Connecting our ExpressJs/Vue3 App to a Mongoose Database

A starter example tutorial for connecting ExpressJs to a Mongoose database hosted on MongoDB. 💡Git Repo Here: https://github.com/Initial-Apps/vue3-express-mongo Prerequisites Here's what you will need in order to get started:

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
4 min read

ChatGPT OpenAI Example Starter Project using Vue3 and Express

A tutorial for getting started with OpenAI's API, based on their quickstart guide, but coded in Vue3 and ExpressJs.

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
5 min read

Setting up Vue3, Vite, and Express

A simple example setup of Vue3 using Vite, with ExpressJS and NodeJS on the backend.

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
4 min read

Customizing bootstrap 5 with Sass! Example provided.

An example for how to create custom theme color pallets in Bootstrap 5 using Sass. This post focuses on Bootstrap's color mapping functionality. I was super happy to learn Bootstrap 5 is jQuery-less.

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
7 min read

Permission denied (publickey) Digital Ocean SSH

Locked out of your Digital Ocean server?  Here's how to get back in.  This short article is for anyone that has lost access to the SSH key used to setup their Digital Ocean

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
2 min read
Civic Projects

Tracking where Covid-19 is in Orange County

We're excited to be sharing our first OC Civic Coder's [https://www.occiviccoders.com] project to help easily visualize where Corona Virus is spreading in Orange County using data provided by the OC

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
2 min read
Civic Projects

OC Civic Coders

Welcome to the very first meetup for OC Civic Coders! Grab your laptops and come out to build something great. Feel free to work individually or team up. Connect with others to learn

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
1 min read
Civic Projects

Visualizing Traffic Collisions in Los Angeles

Starting 2020 of right with another civic hacking project.  This time, we've thrown together an app that visualizes traffic collisions in Los Angeles.  Each week there are about a thousand traffic collisions in

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
1 min read
Websites

Spotlight on IMC Intertech

IMC Intertech is pushing the limits of micro precision parts, with parts less than .012 cu inches, and tolerancing on the level of microns.   We're thrilled to be working with IMC Intertech on

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
2 min read
Civic Projects

Testing Out Data-Driven Styling in Mapbox GL JS

Mapbox GL JS is a powerful mapping API, that can create really nice data visualizations and styling.  Their maps look really clean and do a nice job at communicating engaging information interactively.   That

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
4 min read
Tutorials

Going Deep on Mongoose Deep Population, and How To Populate Across Multiple Levels

If you've made the switch from SQL to NoSQL, you've probably started to dabble into Mongoose population as a means to make up for the lack of table joins.  This, unfortunately, is one

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
3 min read

Teach Yourself To Code Part 4 - Intro To VS Code

If you've followed us up until now, you've probably found nano a bit frustrating to work with.  That's where Visual Studios Code comes in to make your life a bit easier.   VS Code

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
3 min read
Civic Projects

Ghost Bootstrap Starter Theme

A super simple and minimal ghost starter theme using Bootstrap. Ghost is world's most popular modern open source publishing platform. This starter theme is developed to help organizations create customized blogs using Ghost and Bootstrap.

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
2 min read

Teach Yourself To Code Part 3 - Hacking Your Browser With Chrome Developer Tools

As you begin to develop apps, chrome developer tools will quickly become your best friend!  Chrome lets you to inspect any front end code that's running on your browser.  This is super helpful

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
4 min read

Teach Yourself To Code Part 2 - Getting Started With Git

Git is an essential tool for developers that you'll want to become proficient with. It tracks and manages just about everything you code, making it really easy to review the history of your

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
5 min read

Teach Yourself To Code Part 1 - Hacking The Command Line

One of the earliest essential skills for programmers is to know and be proficient with the command line interface. Getting started with the command line interface feels a lot like learning to ride

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
8 min read

A Review of Letsfit D32 Wireless Earbuds

After a long and load day of coding at the coffee shop,  I finally broke down and got a pair of wireless earbuds.  What I needed: noise cancelling, not too expensive, comfortable earbuds

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
3 min read
Learn To Code

Teach Yourself To Code - Getting Started

Congratulations on the start of your journey!  FYI, this is hardly meant to be a professional class in learning how to code, and is more just one hacker's unconventional guide, especially in areas

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
3 min read
Civic Projects

Spotlight on Therapists Beyond Borders

Therapists Beyond Borders is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on a mission to create a sustainable difference in communities that need therapy services abroad. Responsibility, Affordability, and Sustainability are at the core

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
1 min read
Tutorials

Saving a Dynamic Web Page as PDF with Puppeteer

This article shares a brief tutorial for how to save web page as PDF with NodeJs.  We will be using the Puppeteer [https://github.com/GoogleChrome/puppeteer] headless chrome browser to pull the

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
6 min read
Civic Projects

OC Alerts: A Code for Orange County Project

We thought it would be interesting to start off the new year with a new civic hacking project.  OC Alerts is a gamified crime visualization web app that shows current crime calls.  Data

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
1 min read
Chromebook

How to Setup WordPress for Local Development on a Chromebook

A fast and simple guide for getting WordPress running locally on a Chromebook using XAMPP.

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
2 min read
Industry40

Choosing the Right Material for your Machined Parts or Fixtures

As we plunge into the 4th generation of industry, a.k.a. Industry4.0, machining is still alive and thriving!  New development in 5-Axis machining technologies are paving the way for some very

  • Andrew Akagawa
    Andrew Akagawa
4 min read
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