What are we really talking about?

Take the confusion out of how to get data

to our mobile application

Reduce the mundane work of creating a REST API

Technologies Covered

• Browser Local Storage

• Firebase

• Back&

• Strongloop

Agenda for  Each Technology

• Overview

• Why Use it?

• Limitations (if any)

• How to use it 

Overview

• Browser based storage

• Key/Value Pairs

• Per Domain and Protocol

• Storage Limit of at least 2 MB

• Never Transferred to Server

Support

Why Use?

• Zero Hosting Cost

• Available on All Devices

• Data Size is Low

• Don't Need Cross Device Sync

Limitations

• Storage Limit < 10 MB

• Storage Limit Not Consistent

• No Cross Device Sync

• Data is string based

• Minimal Features

How to Use?

//string
window.localStorage.setItem("name", "Justin");

window.localStorage.getItem("name");


//Complex Object
window.localStorage.setItem("profile", JSON.stringify(data));

JSON.parse(window.localStorage.getItem("profile"));

Backend-as-a-Service

FOCUS ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS

Beautifully Crafted Front Ends

Full Server for

your application

No Installations

Overview

Realtime

Data

Authentication

Hosting

Real-Time Database

• NOSQL Database

• Every Client Syncronized

• Auto Scaling Internally

• SSL by Default

• Works Offline

Hosting

• Static Asset Hosting

• SSL by Default

• Deploy in Seconds

• Custom Domain 

Why Use?

• Real-time Communication

• SDK for Android, iOS, and Javascript

• Application Hosting

• Offline Support?

• Don't have to define schema upfront

• SSL By Default

Limitations

• NoSQL (confusing if not used before)

• Overwhelming Amount of Docs

• Offline Support?

• Implementing Security is Confusing

• Lots of coding for Logins

• Lots of callbacks

Get Data

// Using AngularFire
var projectRef = new Firebase(FirebaseAppUrl);

// get list
var globalProjects= $firebaseArray(projectRef);

// get ID
var rec = globalProjects.$getRecord("foo");

Modify Data

//post
globalProjects.$add(recordOrItem)

//post and put
globalProjects.$save(recordOrItem)

// delete
globalProjects.$remove(recordOrItem)

Add Child Data

var ref = globalProjects.$ref();

var project = ref.child(projectId);

tasks.push({});

Update Child Data

var ref = globalProjects.$ref();

var taskObj = ref.child(projectId).child('tasks').child(taskKey);

taskObj.set({});

Delete Child Data

var ref = globalProjects.$ref();

var taskObj = ref.child(projectId).child('tasks').child(taskKey);

taskObj.remove();

Overview

• Bring Your Own Database (Not dbAAS)

• Open Source Framework Designed for APIs

• Quickly Create Models 

• Automate Creation of REST API

• Very Detailed/Configurable Security Policies

Supported Databases

Why Use?

• Full Control of Deployment

• Mix and Match Data Sources

• Fine Grained Security Configuration

• Open Source

• Easy to Change Data Sources

Limitations

• Security Out-Of-Box is Confusing

• Loopback CLI Buggy on Windows

• Most Management of Infrastructure

• Not All CLI Features in GUI

• Have to have a Strongloop account

• Foreign Keys Not Created in DB

Using Overview

$ npm install -g strongloop

$ slc loopback

$ node .

//Web GUI (No Relationship Support)
$ slc arc

Using Generate API

$ slc lookback:datasource

$ slc lookback:model

$ slc loopback:property

$ slc lookback:acl

$ slc loopback:relation

https://docs.strongloop.com/display/public/LB/Command-line+reference