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Learn how to send an email from a Gmail account using the Ubuntu command line. Specifically, we will use the SendEmail apt package. We will also learn what an app password is and why Google requires one for third party apps.
Learn how to connect a custom React app to an Nginx reverse proxy for a Node server with Docker Compose. We will create the React app from scratch using Webpack and Express. We will also learn how to handle CORS related issues with Nginx.
Learn to how to create a React App with routing from scratch using Express, Webpack, and React Router. We will also learn about client side vs server side routing in single page applications.
Learn how to generate SSL certificates with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu using Certbot. We will also go over how to install Certbot and issues with using snapd on a VPS.
Learn how Docker Compose restarts containers, Docker's restart policy, and the restart and restart_policy Docker attributes.
Learn how to create a TypeScript app using Webpack. We will also go over some useful tsconfig.json options and how to use them.
Learn how to create a load balancer with Nginx for Node servers using Docker Compose. We will go over what a load balancer is, the Nginx upstream directive, docker volumes, and more.
Learn how to configure Nginx for HTTPS using Let's Encrypt. We will obtain a standalone SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt using Certbot. We will also go over what a standalone certificate is and how Certbot can be used to automatically and manually configure Nginx for HTTPS.
Learn how to connect a Node application to OpenAI using the openai npm package. Specifically, we will use the GPT-3.5 Turbo model to generate text using the Chat Completions API.
Learn how to backup and restore a Postgres database using pg_dump and pg_restore. We will also go over some useful configuration options and psql commands.