Authenticating Node.js Applications with Passport

Check out my recent post on authenticating Node.js applications with Passport on Tuts+ here. It assumes a basic understanding of Node.js and Mongo but we start by building an Express application from scratch and add new routes, views & authenticate them via Passport. 

Web Components 101 : Shadow DOM

Unless you've been living under a rock, you must have heard about the latest buzzword in the world of JavaScript - Encapsulation. Encapsulation or Information-hiding is one of the main pillars of object-oriented programming languages which is used to restrict access to some of the object's components. But how does that apply to a language like JavaScript - To find out check out this article I recently authored about Shadow DOM, the underlying technology behind Web components.