APIs are the backbone of modern-day software development. Whether we create mobile apps or single-page applications, we need APIs to fetch the data from the backend. Usually, we tend to create REST APIs to solve our API needs. In this post, we will learn how to create a KoaJS REST Read more…
Caching is one of the most important aspects of building a high-performance application. Most web frameworks provide caching capabilities. The same is the case with KoaJS. In this post, we will learn how to setup KoaJS Cache Middleware using the koa-static-cache package. Why do we actually need caching? Caching basically Read more…
Error handling is one of the most important aspects of any application. Just like everything else in KoaJS, it uses middleware for error handling as well. In this post, we will look at Koa JS Error Handling with examples. If you are new to KoaJS, I will recommend you to Read more…
Redirection is a must-have feature for any web application. In this post, we will learn how to setup Koa JS Redirect URL. But why is redirection so important? What if your application client requests for a malformed URL? Also, what if there are some errors on your server and we Read more…
Just like the request object, the response object is an equally important piece of an application. KoaJS Response Object is basically an abstraction on top of the vanilla NodeJS response object. When working with KoaJS, we should use Koa’s response object only. In other words, we should not try and Read more…
KoaJS Request Object is an abstraction on top of Node’s vanilla request object. It helps us build additional functionality in our Koa applications. We usually need to work with a request object when dealing with a HTTP endpoint. If you are not aware of how to create an endpoint in Read more…
While static routes can solve a large number of use-cases, an application also needs dynamic routes. Dynamic routes help us pass parameters as part of the route path. In this post, we will learn how to handle KoaJS Route Parameters with examples. To understand how routes work in KoaJS, refer Read more…
Routes are an important aspect to build any web application. However, KoaJS does not support routes as part of the core module. Therefore, we have to use an external module to enable routing. In this post, we will look at a basic Koa JS Router Example using the koa-router package. Read more…
KoaJS is a minimal and flexible NodeJS web application framework. It provides a good set of features for building web and mobile applications. In this post, we will be getting started with KoaJS by creating a small application. 1 – What is KoaJS? KoaJS is an open source framework. It Read more…
