All posts tagged with "backend"
Add PostgreSQL and Prisma ORM to your URL shortener. Learn database schema design, migrations, indexing strategies, connection pooling, and how to replace in-memory storage with persistent database queries.
Add JWT authentication, user registration, and URL management to your URL shortener. Implement access and refresh tokens, bcrypt password hashing, auth middleware, user-scoped URLs, and API key generation.
Set up an Express + TypeScript project from scratch and build your first URL shortening API endpoint. Covers project scaffolding, folder structure, URL validation, Base62 short codes, redirect handling, and error middleware.
Master the durability foundation of distributed systems: Write-Ahead Log for crash recovery, Segmented Log for file management, and Low-Water Mark for log cleanup. With real-world examples from PostgreSQL, Kafka, and etcd.
Master advanced SQL features: window functions for rankings and running totals, CTEs for readable query composition, recursive queries for hierarchical data, and essential functions for real-world analytics.
Master distributed systems patterns from write-ahead logs to consensus protocols. A comprehensive roadmap covering durability, leader election, replication, partitioning, distributed time, and cluster coordination.
Master Yii2's frontend toolkit — GridView, ListView, DetailView, Pjax for dynamic data display, custom widgets, asset bundles for CSS/JS management, and integrating Bootstrap, Vue.js, or React with Yii2.
Build production-ready REST APIs with Yii2 — ActiveController for instant CRUD, custom controllers, field serialization, pagination, Bearer token auth, rate limiting, API versioning, and CORS configuration.
Master Yii2's form system — ActiveForm widget, built-in and custom validators, model scenarios, file uploads, tabular input, AJAX validation, and client-side validation with practical examples.
Master Yii2's built-in security layer — configure the user component, build login/signup forms, protect controllers with AccessControl, and implement full role-based access control (RBAC) with database-backed permissions and rules.