Sails.js Introduction @ viennajs.org meetup

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2. What is Sails.js?
3. What is Sails.js • a web framework • a „not so much opinionated“ web framework • a lightweight web framework
4. What is Sails.js • sits on top of express.js • composition of small core modules • feels like a „best of breed“ distribution of libraries
5. Key Concepts
6. Key Concepts • Front-end agnostic • Angular, React, Backbone, Ember,… • Convention over Configuration • MVC pattern • Loose Coupling (unix philosophy) • Pragmatic
7. Key Concepts • Extensible • Generators • Adapters • Hooks • for overriding or injecting new low-level functionality in the Sails runtime
8. Features
9. What is Sails.js • „any“ database • Waterline ORM • official adapters • MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, local disk • others: REST API, JSDom, Twitter, IRC, Riak,…
10. What is Sails.js • different adapters in one project supported • different adapter for each model • use the database which fits best
11. What is Sails.js • Powerful associations • one-to-many, many-to-many • multiple named associations • associations between different database types • e.g. MySQL <—> MongoDB
12. What is Sails.js • Blueprints aka Scaffolding • What can you do with it? REST • Auto-generate REST APIs
13. What is Sails.js • Realtime / Websocket API • with no additional code • Sails translates incoming requests to any route / middleware automatically • + parameter normalization • + session
14. What is Sails.js • Desclarative, reusable security policies • any standard express / connect middleware • works automatically with REST API and WebSockets
15. What is Sails.js • Flexible asset pipeline • Sails ships with Grunt • Prefer Gulp. No Problem
16. • CLI • REPL • Testing • Custom Responses • I18N • Logging • File Uploads • Custom Routes • Custom configurations
17. Demo
18. Coming Soon
19. Shiny new vienna.js website
20. • propose a talk • vote for talks • comment on talks • talk archive • vienna.js chat
21. We want you… • https://github.com/viennajs/viennajs.org …r Pull Request
22. Thanks forty-two.io