#node #javascript #Sequelize #productivityUsing ES6 classes for Sequelize 4 or 5 modelsThe ES2015 or ES6 specification introduced class to JavaScript. Libraries like React went from React.createClass to class MyComponent extends React.Component, ie went from rolling their own constructor to leveraging a language built-in to convey the programmer’s intent. For a Nod ...
#Sequelize #Express #javascript #nodeSequelize Data Types: a practical guideDataTypes are core to the Sequelize 4 library. This is a practical and complete guide to make up for the sparse Sequelize official documentation on the subject. First of all, DataTypes contains both the types and generators for default values: eg. NOW, UUIDV1 and UUIDV4 are speci ...
#node #sequelize #git #cli #javascriptProgress and roadblocks: a journey into open-sourceEnhancing generators for ES6 in the Sequelize CLI This is the story of my discovery of ES6-class style model definitions with Sequelize (see Using ES6 classes for Sequelize 4 models). The realisation that the current Sequelize CLI model generator didn’t support it (as is ...
#node #jest #testing #javascript #SequelizeMocking/stubbing ES6 classes in tests with examples of Sequelize model unit testsThis post goes through some patterns that can be used to unit test ES6 classes. The examples will use Jest module auto-mocking but should be portable to other module mocking libraries (eg. Proxyquire) with some modifications. In “Using ES6 classes for Sequelize 4 models&rdq ...
