Tag: expressjs
Nodejs - Re-use MongoDB database connection in routes
Quite often when you are writing an application you will need access to one or more database connections. Maybe MongoDB for data storage and Redis for cache. You will need to re-use that database connection throughout your application. I'm going to g
Ensure Express App has started before running Mocha/Supertest tests
Seems simple enough but when running tests, I ran into a problem where Mocha/Supertest was not waiting for my Express App to fully start running tests. The relatively easy way to overcome this is to use an event emitter in your Express app and wait f