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— by Hannah Wolfe —
THE LONG ROAD TO 1.0
A story of life, love and the pursuit of 100% test coverage
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No matter what people tell you,
words and
ideas
can change the world
– Robin Williams
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FOCUSED
PUBLISHING
PLATFORM
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Seth Godin - Purple Cow / Tribes
Jeff Atwood - Founder @ StackOverflow
Darren Rowse - ProBlogger
Leo Babauta - Zen Habits
Paul Bradshaw - Head of HE Journalism (UK)
Tucker Max - I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
(that’s about €230k)
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FUTURE OF
JOURNALISM
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Easy to install
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Not for profit
Money © 2014 Aaron Patterson, Flickr
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Sustainable
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Ghost 1.0
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CHALLENGES
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To t
CLIENT vs SERVER
breaking that coupling
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JSON API
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GET /api/posts/?limit=3
api.posts.browse({limit: 3})
{{#get “posts” limit=“3”}}
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Single page app?
Ugly routing
No data binding
Memory issues
Constant regressions
Poor mobile support
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Lacking a clear
consistent approach
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We needed a
RULEBOOK
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Ghost 1.0
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On the
shoulders
of giants
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DATABASES
the rule of three
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bookshelf & knex
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Easy to install
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POSTGRES SUPPORT
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✅
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❌
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Easy to install
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9414 verbose stack Error: [email protected] install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
9414 verbose stack Exit status 1
9414 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/root/.nvm/versions/node/v4.2.6/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:279:16)
9414 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
9414 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:172:7)
9414 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/root/.nvm/versions/node/v4.2.6/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
9414 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
9414 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
9414 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:821:16)
9414 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)
9415 verbose pkgid [email protected]
9416 verbose cwd /var/www/ghost
9417 error Linux 3.2.0-76-virtual
9418 error argv "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v4.2.6/bin/node" "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v4.2.6/bin/npm" "install" "sqlite3" "--loglevel=info"
9419 error node v4.2.6
9420 error npm v4.1.1
9421 error code ELIFECYCLE
9422 error [email protected] install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
9422 error Exit status 1
9423 error Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build'.
9423 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
9423 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the sqlite3 package,
9423 error not with npm itself.
9423 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
9423 error node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
9423 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
9423 error npm bugs sqlite3
9423 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
9423 error npm owner ls sqlite3
9423 error There is likely additional logging output above.
9424 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
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❌
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MIGRATIONS
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Ghost 1.0
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$> ghost install
$> ghost install local
Easy to install
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And some stuff
EXPRESS APP STRUCTURE
Or… wait… where does middleware go?
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Ghost 0.3 - MVC
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app.get('/about/', function myController(req, res) {
var myModelData = models.get('about');
// render the view called about.hbs
res.render('about', myModelData);
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Ghost 1.0
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// API
parentApp.use('/ghost/api/v0.1/', require('./api')());
// ADMIN
parentApp.use('/ghost', require('./admin')());
// BLOG
parentApp.use(require('./blog')());
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Solve real problems first,
DRY later
more use cases result in better abstractions
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Break files into packages
as they get too complex
(but not before)
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Use index.js to
expose Public APIs
avoid tight coupling & circular dependencies
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CHALLENGES
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PERMISSIONS
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Why can authors publish posts?
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Ghost 1.0
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Ghost 1.0
• New Editor
• CLI Tool for install & upgrade
• Ghost OAuth login system
• Improved logging & migrations
• Much, much more…
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WHAT NEXT?
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Thank you!