#AjaxDb
AjaxDb is a framework agnostic data layer for your front-end. It aims to be the single-source of truth for data, effectively solving data synchronization across components and API whether you're using React, AngularJs or some other front-end framework.
Having gone through most of the modern front-end frameworks, I keep seeing the same challenge over and over again solved in different ways. The main problem with front-end applications is keeping state and keeping it in sync across all the different components.
React solves this with Redux and immutable data, AngularJS uses data-binding and shared objects across components. Both solutions with it's merits and problems but none of them perfect.
When digging a bit deeper it becomes clear that the problem is that we do not have a single-source of truth for data in the front-end (Actually we do, it's the API but is rather slow).
AjaxDb is a POC for a front-end data-layer that merges both an API client layer and a database with data subscriptions.
AjaxDb represents your store and is your interface to create models.
You either use the default one:
User = AjaxDb.Model.create({
url: '/api/users/:id'
});Or create your own store with overriden configuration:
MyStore = AjaxDb.create({
http: {
updateMethod: 'patch'
},
cacheStore: MyCacheStore,
baseUrl: '/api/v2'
});
User = MyStore.Model.create({
url: '/users/:id'
});User = AjaxDb.Model.create(
url: '/api/users/:id',
constructor: function(user) {}
methods: {
all: { method: 'get', path: '/' }
get: { method: 'get', path: '/:id' },
create: { method: 'post' },
update: { method: 'put', '/:id' },
destroy: { method: 'delete', '/:id' },
},
fields: {
firstName: AjaxDb.Field.String,
lastName: AjaxDb.Field.String,
birthDate: AjaxDb.Field.Date
}
)
User.prototype.fullName = function() {
return this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName;
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