API in 5 - Loopback

Web APIs are hard. Now, thanks to Loopback, they don't have to be. In this talk, I'll show you (yes! you!) how you can have a RESTful web service up in minutes to support any application you want to make - mobile, Angular, anything - and how you can build on it to make it do whatever you need it to.

This is the longer version of the lightning talk on the same topic!

Transcript

1. API in 5 - Loopback by David Okun (@dokun24), Developer Evangelist, Strongloop & Swift@IBM 1
2. Agenda • AboutMe.js • Why Express.js? • Why Loopback? • Live Demo • Questions & Answers
3. AboutMe.js • I usually do Swift but… • Javascript is not my primary language • Joined IBM November 2016 • My first server ran on Parse
4. Why Express.js? • Because it rules, and it has for a while.
7. What is even a Loopback? • THE easiest & fastest way to set up a RESTful web API • Uses Express, Node, and Yeoman • Get an API up with writing zero code
8. • lb • lb acl • lb app • lb boot-script • lb datasource • lb export-api- def • lb middleware • lb model • lb property • lb relation • lb remote-method • lb swagger
9. • lb • lb acl • lb boot-script • lb datasource • lb export-api- def • lb model • lb relation
10. BEARS
12. I CAN HAS CHEEZ*BEAR*GER?
13. LIVE DEMO
14. Recap • Multiple datasource connectors, ACLs, etc. • Active open-source development • https://loopback.io
15. One More Thing… • Tweet about this (and tag @dokun24) with the hashtag #bearsnotcats
16. THANK YOU!