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Rapid API Development
with LoopBack/StrongLoop
Raymond Camden

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Rabid API Development

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Who am I?
Developer Advocate for IBM
StrongLoop, Bluemix, Cordova/
PhoneGap, Node, and web stuff in general
Blogging at raymondcamden.com
Tweeting at @raymondcamden

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https://unsplash.com/pjrvs

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How I did web sites (old days)

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server
App server did everything (database access, generating HTML, etc)

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server
App server did everything (database access, generating HTML, etc)
Client-side was really limited

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server
App server did everything (database access, generating HTML, etc)
Client-side was really limited
Ex:

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server
App server did everything (database access, generating HTML, etc)
Client-side was really limited
Ex:
Client: "I need a list of cats"

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server
App server did everything (database access, generating HTML, etc)
Client-side was really limited
Ex:
Client: "I need a list of cats"
Server: "I'll ask the database for the list."

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server
App server did everything (database access, generating HTML, etc)
Client-side was really limited
Ex:
Client: "I need a list of cats"
Server: "I'll ask the database for the list."
Server: "I'll take that list and generate a lot of HTML to render it"

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server
App server did everything (database access, generating HTML, etc)
Client-side was really limited
Ex:
Client: "I need a list of cats"
Server: "I'll ask the database for the list."
Server: "I'll take that list and generate a lot of HTML to render it"
Server: "I'll wrap that display in some site template with dynamic junk"

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server
App server did everything (database access, generating HTML, etc)
Client-side was really limited
Ex:
Client: "I need a list of cats"
Server: "I'll ask the database for the list."
Server: "I'll take that list and generate a lot of HTML to render it"
Server: "I'll wrap that display in some site template with dynamic junk"
Server: "I'll return a big pile of HTML to you"

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How I did web sites (old days)
Focused heavily on an app server
App server did everything (database access, generating HTML, etc)
Client-side was really limited
Ex:
Client: "I need a list of cats"
Server: "I'll ask the database for the list."
Server: "I'll take that list and generate a lot of HTML to render it"
Server: "I'll wrap that display in some site template with dynamic junk"
Server: "I'll return a big pile of HTML to you"

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How I do web sites now...

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How I do web sites now...
The client doesn't suck anymore!

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How I do web sites now...
The client doesn't suck anymore!
Mobile is everywhere - apps, apps, and more apps!

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How I do web sites now...
The client doesn't suck anymore!
Mobile is everywhere - apps, apps, and more apps!
My server just responds to API calls

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How I do web sites now...
The client doesn't suck anymore!
Mobile is everywhere - apps, apps, and more apps!
My server just responds to API calls
Ex:

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How I do web sites now...
The client doesn't suck anymore!
Mobile is everywhere - apps, apps, and more apps!
My server just responds to API calls
Ex:
Client: "Give me a list of cats"

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How I do web sites now...
The client doesn't suck anymore!
Mobile is everywhere - apps, apps, and more apps!
My server just responds to API calls
Ex:
Client: "Give me a list of cats"
Server: "Here is a list in raw JSON"

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How I do web sites now...
The client doesn't suck anymore!
Mobile is everywhere - apps, apps, and more apps!
My server just responds to API calls
Ex:
Client: "Give me a list of cats"
Server: "Here is a list in raw JSON"
Client: "Thanks, you're awesome, I'll render it"

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How I do web sites now...
The client doesn't suck anymore!
Mobile is everywhere - apps, apps, and more apps!
My server just responds to API calls
Ex:
Client: "Give me a list of cats"
Server: "Here is a list in raw JSON"
Client: "Thanks, you're awesome, I'll render it"

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The Server in 2016

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The Server in 2016
Smaller

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The Server in 2016
Smaller
Simpler

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The Server in 2016
Smaller
Simpler
Just an API provider

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The Server in 2016
Smaller
Simpler
Just an API provider
Not some big machine I rent

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"Typical" Setup (Then)
Apache
Adobe ColdFusion
MySQL
Minimal JavaScript on the client

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"Typical" Setup (Now)
Node.js
Express
Cloudant/MongoDB/etc
JavaScript on the server, client,
cloud, breakfast, etc

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A confession...

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Credit: https://flic.kr/p/9wXA3J

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Express

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Express
No boilerplate web server crap

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Express
No boilerplate web server crap
Focused on rapidly building a web site/app

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LoopBack

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LoopBack
Open source framework designed for APIs

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LoopBack
Open source framework designed for APIs
Rapid creation of Models and RESTAPIs

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LoopBack
Open source framework designed for APIs
Rapid creation of Models and RESTAPIs
Simple ORM system for CRUD

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LoopBack
Open source framework designed for APIs
Rapid creation of Models and RESTAPIs
Simple ORM system for CRUD
Support for JavaScript apps (Angular)

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LoopBack
Open source framework designed for APIs
Rapid creation of Models and RESTAPIs
Simple ORM system for CRUD
Support for JavaScript apps (Angular)
Very detailed/configurable security policies

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LoopBack
Open source framework designed for APIs
Rapid creation of Models and RESTAPIs
Simple ORM system for CRUD
Support for JavaScript apps (Angular)
Very detailed/configurable security policies
loopback.io

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StrongLoop

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StrongLoop
Graphical tool for working with LoopBack

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StrongLoop
Graphical tool for working with LoopBack
Deployment

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StrongLoop
Graphical tool for working with LoopBack
Deployment
Management

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StrongLoop
Graphical tool for working with LoopBack
Deployment
Management
Monitoring

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StrongLoop
Graphical tool for working with LoopBack
Deployment
Management
Monitoring
Debugging

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StrongLoop
Graphical tool for working with LoopBack
Deployment
Management
Monitoring
Debugging
strongloop.com

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Getting Started

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Installation
Requires npm (Node Package Manager)
Install Node.js (nodejs.org)
npm install –g strongloop
CLI: slc

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Creating an Application

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Creating an Application
slc loopback

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Creating an Application
slc loopback
Follow the prompts

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Creating an Application
slc loopback
Follow the prompts
Define models

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Creating an Application
slc loopback
Follow the prompts
Define models
Run the application

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Enter the StrongLoop

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Enter the StrongLoop
Runs on top of LoopBack

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Enter the StrongLoop
Runs on top of LoopBack
Does a heck of a lot more than I'm
showing today

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Enter the StrongLoop
Runs on top of LoopBack
Does a heck of a lot more than I'm
showing today
To be clear - this is optional

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–Bobby Tables
“I should just put a cat picture here.”

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Then what?

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Then what?
Setup a datasource

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Then what?
Setup a datasource
Cloudant, DB2, Memory, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL Server

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Then what?
Setup a datasource
Cloudant, DB2, Memory, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL Server
npm install loopback-connector-mongodb --save

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Then what?
Setup a datasource
Cloudant, DB2, Memory, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL Server
npm install loopback-connector-mongodb --save
Setup security

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Then what?
Setup a datasource
Cloudant, DB2, Memory, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL Server
npm install loopback-connector-mongodb --save
Setup security
Add custom methods

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Then what?
Setup a datasource
Cloudant, DB2, Memory, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL Server
npm install loopback-connector-mongodb --save
Setup security
Add custom methods
Unique stuff (/api/Cats?filter[where][friendly]=true vs /friendlyCats)

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Then what?
Setup a datasource
Cloudant, DB2, Memory, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL Server
npm install loopback-connector-mongodb --save
Setup security
Add custom methods
Unique stuff (/api/Cats?filter[where][friendly]=true vs /friendlyCats)
Customize how data is stored ("If friendly, change name to…")

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Then what?
Setup a datasource
Cloudant, DB2, Memory, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL Server
npm install loopback-connector-mongodb --save
Setup security
Add custom methods
Unique stuff (/api/Cats?filter[where][friendly]=true vs /friendlyCats)
Customize how data is stored ("If friendly, change name to…")
Build your client

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–Bobby Tables
“I bet I could find a meme pic for this slide.”

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Stuff I didn't cover

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Stuff I didn't cover
Customize the heck out of it

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Stuff I didn't cover
Customize the heck out of it
File support

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Stuff I didn't cover
Customize the heck out of it
File support
Totally custom storage

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Stuff I didn't cover
Customize the heck out of it
File support
Totally custom storage
API-based model

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Stuff I didn't cover
Customize the heck out of it
File support
Totally custom storage
API-based model
All the performance/deployment/scaling/etc

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More stuff I didn't cover

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More stuff I didn't cover
API Connect

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More stuff I didn't cover
API Connect
Node or Java

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More stuff I didn't cover
API Connect
Node or Java
API Creation, Management, Security, etc

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More stuff I didn't cover
API Connect
Node or Java
API Creation, Management, Security, etc
Available March 15

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Wrap up
Zero to API in less than 5 minutes
REST compliant - if you hate the prototype, you can rebuild
https://docs.strongloop.com

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Any questions?
You can email here: raymondcamden@gmail.com
You can follow me here: @raymondcamden (all serious stuff, no cat pics,
honest)
You can read my stuff here: www.raymondcamden.com (I won't lie - there's a
few cat pics here)