WebFund 2013F Lecture 10
The audio from the lecture given on October 9, 2013 is available here.
Notes
October 9
- for question 3
http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port')....
app.set('port', process.env.PORT||3000);
- in process.env.port you change the port
- execve
- program binary //path to program you want to run
- command -line arguments
- environment variables //variable name, variable value
- normally inherited from parent processes
- can set port in the shell by saying ie:
- export PORT = 5000
- env puts out the variables the current process has
- can set up multiple node processes by changing the port in the shell and using the same code
- q 6 add a count to the properties of the object
- in public we basically have a static web server
- why minified?
- Client side javascript is minified
- removes all unnecessary characters
- ie comments
- bootstrap needs jquery
- so we're including bootstrap AND jquery
- jquery is foundational thing of all modern web apps
- $. or ($)
- jquery object
- jquery is client side only
- javascript queying of the DOM