How to install NodeJS, Bower and Gulp on a CentOS 7 VPS

node.js bowerThe following article will guide you through the steps of installing NodeJS, Bower and Gulp on a CentOS 7 VPS.

What is NodeJS?

It is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime (V8) for easily building fast, scalable network applications. NodeJS uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

What is Bower?

Bower is a package manager for managing web frameworks, libraries, utilities, assets etc. It is a must-have tool for any web-developer out there.

What is Gulp?

Gulp is a streaming build system. It is very fast, simple and efficient. It utilizes the power of node’s streams, so you get fast builds that don’t write intermediary files to disk, especially when developing on one of our blazing fast SSD VPS hosting plans.

Read More

Install the Sails.js framework on an Ubuntu VPS

sailsSails.js is a real-time MVC Framework for Node.js, which makes it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js apps. Sails.js is database agnostic, automatically generates a RESTful JSON API for your app, provides basic security and role-based access control by default, has automatic asset minification and many more.

In this blog post we will show you how to install the Sails.js framework on a Ubuntu VPS with Nginx as a reverse proxy.

Read More

Install and run TiddlyWiki on a CentoOS 6 VPS using Nginx

install-and-run-tiddlywiki-on-a-centoos-6-vps-using-nginxIn this tutorial we will guide you through the steps of installing and running TiddlyWiki on a CentOS 6 VPS.

We will also install and configure Nginx as a reverse proxy, so you can run TiddlyWiki behind Nginx.

What is TiddlyWiki?

It is an open-source single page application wiki. The content is divided into a series of components called Tiddlers.

Read More

How to install the latest versions of node.js and Bower on Ubuntu 13.10

node.js bowerNode.js is a popular platform created for easily building fast and scalable network applications. Also, node.js contains a highly customizable HTTP server library so it is possible to run a web server without the use of external software, such as Apache thus allowing more control of how the web server works. Node.js is maturing quickly and it has become wildly popular. Node.js is able to handle modern Web content in all its richness. It’s fairly easy to get started with node.js. To install the latest version of node.js on a virtual server running Ubuntu 13.10, follow the steps below:

Read More

How to Install Etherpad Lite on Debian Wheezy

etherpad

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Etherpad Lite on Debian Wheezy. Etherpad Lite is an Open Source web-based editor providing collaborative editing in real-time, including built-in chat box. This all takes place on one of our Linux VPS hosting plans but it should work just as well on any other Linux installation.

Read More