The Problem

Possible solutions:

• Proxying
• Clientside mocks
• Serverside mocks

Proxying

• Authoritative
• No extra setup

PROS

CONS

• API must exist/come first
• Less control
• Harder to set up, CI

Clientside mocks

• Control
• Portable

PROS

CONS

• Duplication/falling out of sync
• CORS
• Lack of conventions

Serverside mocks

• Control
• Proxying
• Powerful

PROS

CONS

• Duplication/falling out of sync
• Lack of conventions
• Harder to set up, CI

Mirage

• Clientside mocks
• Conventions
• Some ideas for "falling out of sync" problem

Demo

Improvements:

• Managing ids
• Relationships
• Serializers
• Websocket
• Fake data

Falling out of sync

1. Interface test
2. Mirage proxy -> server

Thanks!

ember-cli-mirage.com

@samselikoff