Nest Exception Filters: Navigating Error Realms with Finesse

Nest Exception Filters: Navigating Error Realms with Finesse Circus performers perform a variety of acts (which could be dangerous) intended to amaze, thrill, and engage audiences. In a circus, a safety net is placed below performers on a high wire or trapeze to catch them and prevent them from being injured if they fall off. If every act of the performance goes well, the safety net doesn’t get used, but if there is an unexpected failure, then the net comes to the rescue. ...

August 30, 2023

Nest Guards for Fortifying Routes and Nest Pipes for Data Validation and Transformation

In the previous article in this series, we learned about Providers, Custom Providers, and Controllers in Nest. In that article, we identified the issue of invalid data coming from the user. In this article, we will first learn about Nest Guards for protecting routes and then see how Nest Pipes can be used to validate data coming from users. Introduction to Guards in Nest NestJS guards are like vigilant gatekeepers of your application; they have only one responsibility: allow or deny access to routes based on predefined criteria (e.g. roles, permissions, ACLs, etc.) ...

August 30, 2023

A Deep Dive into Nest Providers and Controllers

In the preceding article of this series, we explored the underlying principles of NestJS, its Dependency Injection mechanism, Providers and Nest Module. In this second part, we will learn more about Nest Providers, Custom Providers, and Controllers. We will build out API endpoints that we can test with Postman. Shall we begin? Nest Providers: Empowering Application Logic The core idea of Nest Providers is that they can be injected as a dependency. Providers include services, repositories, factories, helpers, and so on that you can use to build your application logic. ...

August 30, 2023

Introduction to Nest Architecture, DI System and Nest Modules

In the fast-paced world of modern web development, crafting robust, scalable, and maintainable applications is of utmost importance. NestJS, a progressive Node.js framework, has emerged and proven itself as a powerful tool that equips developers with the means to achieve just that. The core of Nest’s strength is its architecture, which is meticulously designed to harness the power of TypeScript and bring a new level of structure and organization to Node.js server-side applications. ...

August 30, 2023