Command line apps provide automation, one time batch processing or even execute an app in the command line. In this episode we will see how we can create such apps in cli using a programming language of our choice such as NodeJS and Ruby. We will then move on to create a full-fledged apps using Commander (with NodeJS) and Thor (with Ruby) to create a skeleton for a started web project.

053 Command line apps

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Swift is a new programming language developed by Apple. In this episode, we will go through some of the basic language attributes such as var, let, control flow, optionals, closures and class.

067 Swift

ES2015 is the next version of standardised JavaScript. In this episode, we will use Babel JS as the transpiler to code in ES2015. We will go through some features like const, let, map, set, array and string functions as well as promises. Refer to the book Exploring ES6 for an in-depth overview.

066 ES2015

Atom is a hackable text editor. In this episode, we will go through the various settings, packages, themes and also create a super simple package.

065 Atom

064 Redis

Socket IO is a framework based on Web Sockets that enables real-time communication with duplex connection over TCP. In this episode, we will play with the technology Web Socket and learn how to emit and receive events from a server or client. Finally, we will explore Socket IO as a framework to detect emit, send, disconnect and broadcast events to multiple clients and server.

053 Command line apps

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