41 - A deep dive into file uploads

03/04/2023 1h 10min Temporada 1 Episodio 41

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, we talked about a deep-dive series Austin has been working on, all about file uploads. We looked at file uploads in HTML and JS. Then moved into the backend with Node.js. We discussed `multipart/form-data`, "Chunks", "Buffers", and "Streams". After that, we discussed where to store files like Object Storage and S3. And briefly discussed deliver and security with a CDN.

Links:

Austin's "File Uploads for the Web" series
HTML form element
HTML file input
Fetch API
Streams
Buffer
formidable
Austin's blog series all about file uploads
Object Storage
Akamai CDN
Austin's "6 Steps to Improve HTML Images For Users & Developers" blog post


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