

AdonisJS / Edge
Edge is a feature-packed template engine for Node.JS that AdonisJS utilizes out-of-the-box. It comes with support for conditionals, looping, partials, layouts, components, and so much more.
Edge Series


AdonisJS Quick Tip
Quick tips, lessons, and screencasts covering specific topics on AdonisJS.


Let's Build with AdonisJS
Livestreams where we build applications using AdonisJS 5. Starting out, we'll be rebuilding Adocasts, formerly called Jagr.Co.


Let's Learn AdonisJS 5
Learn AdonisJS 5 in-depth as we step through all the major functionalities of the framework in-depth. Learn about Routing, Controllers, Lucid, Auth, and much more.
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Minify Your AdonisJS HTML in 5 Minutes
We'll learn how we can alter all our AdonisJS HTML response bodies using a simple global middleware to add HTML minification.

How To Create Your Own Global Helpers in AdonisJS
In this lesson, we'll learn how we can create our own globally available helper methods & properties in AdonisJS.

Altering Adocasts' Lesson 404 Page Behavior
In this stream, we'll alter our soon-to-be-published lessons to display a "Coming Soon" notice when visited instead of the current 404 page.

Create a NodeJS PDF Generator that Sends the PDF as an Email Attachment with AdonisJS & Puppeteer
In this lesson, we'll be creating an application that creates a PDF from a styled page using AdonisJS, EdgeJS, and Puppeteer. Then, we'll learn how we can send this PDF as an email attachment.

Http Method Spoofing & Helper Components in AdonisJS
In this lesson, we'll learn how we can utilize Http Method Spoofing to send PUT, PATCH, and DELETE requests using native HTML forms. We'll then create utility functions to make the implementation cleaner.

Comment Likes & Unlikes
In this stream, we'll be adding the ability to like and unlike a comment on the new upcoming Jagr.Co site, built with AdonisJS.

Building A Comment System
In this stream, we focused on building a comment system that allowed infinitely nestable responses. It's all done server-side too, so it's SEO friendly!

How To Add TailwindCSS to a New AdonisJS Project
This lesson covers creating a new AdonisJS project that includes Webpack Encore, then adding and configuring PostCSS and TailwindCSS within the project.

Implementing Authorization Actions
We'll take what we learned about AdonisJS Bouncer actions in the last lesson to finalize the needed authorization checks for our blog application.

AdonisJS Authentication in 15 Minutes
We'll be creating a new AdonisJS project and adding authentication to it within 15 minutes. You'll be able to logout, register, and login with either your username or email.

How To Add AdonisJS Edge Support to your WebStorm Environment
A quick tip on how to add AdonisJS Edge syntax highlighting to your JetBrains WebStorm environment using the VSCode plugin and TextMate Bundles.

Rebuilding Jagr.Co, Adding Posts & SubCollections to Collections
In this stream, we focus on adding the ability to add posts and subcollections to a collection.

Rebuilding Jagr.Co, Post, Collection, & Taxonomy Models
In this stream, we focus on setting up the models and migrations for the Collection and Taxonomy models and tables. We set up their relationships and get the Collection CRUD operations setup

Debugging, Inspecting, and Freezing Code Execution
In this lesson, we cover a couple of ways to debug your AdonisJS application using the Edge inspect global function, the debugger keyword, and the Chromium NodeJS Devtools.

Rebuilding Jagr.Co, Password Reset & Account Locking
In this livestream, we'll add a system to lock users' accounts after so many bad login attempts and we'll also add in the password reset flow.

Rebuilding Jagr.Co, Username Sign In & Post CRUD
In this livestream we cover adding the ability to sign in using either a username or email address. We also dig into setting up the ability to create, read, update, and delete our posts.

Rebuilding Jagr.Co, Start & Auth
In this livestream we create a new project, install and configure the Lucid and Auth packages. Define our migrations and model schema. And hammer down basic authentication.

How To Create An Infinite Loader
In this lesson, we'll be going over how to add an infinite loader to our app. We'll specifically be utilizing an Edge component and our Model's paginate method to make this happen.

Let's Learn Adonis 5: Introducing The Edge Template Engine
In this lesson, we learn the basics of the Edge Templating Engine, which allows us to dynamically inject our server-side data into our HTML views.