Ghost Tales: adventures in Node.js

Ghost is an open source blogging platform built in Node.js and aimed at a wide range of users. Node.js is still a relatively young platform for building web software. The combination of creating user-facing software with a less mature tool presents a particularly interesting set of challenges.

Building Ghost is an adventure, I'd like to share with you a few of the things I've learned so far...

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1. tales adventures in node.js
2. @ErisDS on the Internet. I’m Hannah,
6. Just a Blogging Platform
8. Design-led Open source Nyantocat © 2014 GitHub Inc, All rights reserved
9. Free,
   Open Source,
   Non Profit &
   Sustainable
10. The challenge
11. Dynamic admin, static(ish) blog
12. Great user experience
13. Simple install
14. Extensible
15. Why ?
16. Why not PHP?
17. Node.js is super fast
18. JavaScript
19. The Socialite © 2014 GitHub Inc, All rights reserved Javascript community & ecosystem
20. Node.js challenges
21. Hosting isn't straightforward
22. Less mature software
23. Lack of conventions
24. Choosing a data layer
25. Native binaries
26. Ghost architecture
27. JSON API Client Server Blog Database Admin
28. Database
29. Database
30. Database
31. Database Native Binaries
32. Database
33. JSON API Client Server Blog Admin SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL
34. SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL JSON API
35. SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL JSON API Knex
36. SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL JSON API Knex Bookshelf
37. SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL JSON API Knex Bookshelf Models
38. SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL JSON API Knex Bookshelf Models Migration, Export Import
39. JSON API Client Server Blog Admin SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL Bookshelf & Knex
40. JSON API
41. JSON API Client HTTP GET /api/posts/
42. JSON API Client Server HTTP module() GET /api/posts/ api.posts.browse()
43. JSON API Client Server HTTP module() App.ghost App GET /api/posts/ api.posts.browse() api.posts.browse()
44. JSON API Client Server HTTP module() App.ghost App GET /api/posts/ api.posts.browse() api.posts.browse()
45. JSON API Client Server Blog Admin SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL Bookshelf & Knex HTTP module()
46. jsonapi.org
47. JSON API Client Server Blog Admin SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL Bookshelf & Knex HTTP module()
48. Server Blog Server
49. Server
50. JSON API Client Server Blog Admin SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL Bookshelf & Knex HTTP module() Express
51. Client
52. JSON API Client Server Blog Admin SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL Bookshelf & Knex HTTP module() Express Ember.js
53. JSON API Client Server Blog Admin SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL Bookshelf & Knex HTTP module() Express Ember.js Handlebars
54. Code structure
55. DocPad
56. JS Bin
57. NodeBB
58. Node-RED
59. Ghost
60. Ghost : core
61. Ghost : core : server
62. Ghost : core : client
63. Testing • Mocha - https://github.com/visionmedia/mocha • Should - https://github.com/visionmedia/should.js/ • Supertest - https://github.com/visionmedia/supertest • Rewire - https://github.com/jhnns/rewire
64. Is the future?
65. Get stuck in!
66. Visit Ghost.org Subscribe to the dev blog: dev.ghost.org
67. TryGhost/Ghost.git Find us on GitHub
68. Freenode #ghost Join our community in IRC #ghost
69. Hannah Wolfe @ErisDS | hannah@ghost.org | dev.ghost.org