Programming is one of the most demanded skills in today’s world. And in future, it’ll play an even bigger role since digitalization is in full swing. Software is an integral part of our lives and even children already learn how to create it at a young age. So why shouldn’t…

The Minimax algorithm, also known as MinMax, is a popular algorithm for calculating the best possible move a player can player in a zero-sume game, like Tic-Tac-Toe or Chess. It makes use of an evaluation-function provided by the developer to analyze a given game board. During the execution Minimax builds…

It’s been quite a while since I wrote an article about how I structure my Node.js REST APIs. The article covered the approach of designing a well-organized and maintainable folder structure for Node.js applications. So today I don’t want to talk about Node.js APIs, but about the architecture of React…

In this article I’d like to talk about database seeding using Node.js and MySQL: what it is and how to implement it. You’ll notice that it’s actually quite easy and straightforward. For this tutorial, I chose MySQL as the database system but this procedure should also work with any other…

Some time ago I searched for an easy way to establish a communication channel between a mobile device and a Node.js webserver. My goal was to exchange messages over this channel and receive information about the weather, public transportation and more. For example I send the message /train and receive…

A stack is a fundamental data structure in programming. It behaves like a data container where new items are added to the top of the stack and you only have access to last one added (most top item). A definition by Oracle (source) The Stack class represents a last-in-first-out (LIFO)…