With the new year in full swing, it can be easy to look forward to the prospects of 2019, but it is also important to look back at the success of the past year. 2018 brought a wave of new and exciting things for Profound Logic including a revamped blog series dedicated to helping educate both current and potential customers. This revamped blog series gave new insight into our software and services as well as education in both the IBM i and Node.js world.

Here are the 5 most popular blog posts from the 2018 Profound Logic blog series:

1. How I Controlled My Tesla Model 3 with Node.js - March 15, 2018

Our CEO Alex Roytman purchased a brand new Tesla Model 3 in early 2018 and came up with the concept of being able to control some of the basic functions with Node.js through the Profound.js software, and boy was it a success! After the success of this blog, we decided to dive a bit deeper and create a video on how to Control Your Tesla with Profound.js. 

2. NodeRun: Bring Node.js to the Cloud - December 5, 2018

Late in 2018 Profound Logic announced the creation of NodeRun, a brand new cloud environment that will provide users with a unique space to create Node.js applications. This environment comes complete with full IDE, a Visual Designer, and has Profound.js pre-installed on a virtual server. Make sure you check out NodeRun.com for yourself to see what all the fuss is about. 

3. Profound Pro Tips: Creating Custom Tool Tips - March 26, 2018

2018 brought the creation of the Profound Pro Tip series. A blog series that focused on issues that were brought up by customers to our support team and tips our product development team thought would be helpful. This Pro Tip was a popular one before it was even a blog. Our support team sited multiple customers who asked for help with creating custom tools. 

4. Profound Pro Tips: How to Upgrade Profound UI Easily - January 31, 2018

One of our first Profound Pro Tip centered on how easy it is to upgrade Profound UI. Several customers didn't understand how easy it was to upgrade Profound UI thus ignoring the important bug fixes and missing out on the latest updates. We noticed a number of customers were not downloading our fix packs so we decided to show how easy it is to upgrade Profound UI. 

5. Profound Pro Tips: Top 10 Visual Designer V6 Tips and Tricks - July 3, 2018

Over the summer we released a massive upgrade to our visual designer tool. This upgrade came with so many new features and upgrades that we noticed many of our customers were not taking full advantage of them so we decided to tap into our massive support team to see what were the top 10 tips and tricks they suggested for the new Version 6 of the visual designer. 

And there you have it! The top 5 Profound Logic blogs of 2018. Make sure to check out the entire Profound Logic Blog Series to see which posts just missed the cut. Was there a blog you liked that didn't make the list? Let us know in the comments below so we can highlight it!