Inspired by Ember Data, JSData is the model layer you've been craving. It consists of a convenient framework-agnostic, in-memory store for managing your data, which uses adapters to communicate with various persistence layers.
The most commonly used adapter is the http adapter, which is perfect for communicating with your RESTful backend. localStorage, localForage, firebase and other adapters are already available. On the server you could hook up to the SQL adapter (Postgres/MySQL/MariaDB/SQLite3) and add in the Redis adapter as a caching layer for your read endpoints. More adapters are coming, and you're free to implement your own. See Adapters.
Unlike some libraries, JSData does not require the use of getters and setters, and doesn't decorate your data with a bunch of cruft. JSData's internal change detection (via observe-js or Object.observe in supporting browsers) allows for powerful use cases and an easy avenue for implementing your own 3-way data-binding.
Supporting relations, computed properties, support for Node and the Browser, model lifecycle control and a slew of other features, JSData is the tool for giving your data the respect it deserves.
Written in ES6 and built for modern web development, JSData will save you thousands of lines of code and make you cooler.
Support is handled via the Mailing List.
JSData is getting popular and becoming a lot of work for me. I could use help with tests, documentation, demos/examples, and adapters. Contact me if you want to help! jason dot dobry at gmail dot com
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JSData requires the presence of the ES6 (ES2015) Promise constructor in the global environment. In the browser, window.Promise must be available. In Node, global.Promise must be available. Here is a handy library for polyfilling: https://github.com/jakearchibald/es6-promise.
If you can't polyfill the environment, then configure JSData to use a specific Promise constructor directly: JSData.DSUtils.Promise = MyPromiseLib;. This direct configuration method is useful for telling JSData to use the Bluebird library or Angular's $q, etc.
bower install --save js-data js-data-http or npm install --save js-data js-data-http.
Load js-data-http.js after js-data.js. See installation instructions for making js-data part of your r.js/browserify/webpack build.
// you can also require "js-data" if you're using AMD/CommonJS
// e.g. var JSData = require('js-data'); var DSHttpAdapter = require('js-data-http');
var store = new JSData.DS();
// register and use http by default for async operations
store.registerAdapter('http', new DSHttpAdapter(), { default: true });
// simplest model definition, just pass the name instead of an options hash
// this is the same as "store.defineResource({ name: 'user' })"
var User = store.defineResource('user');
// Usually you'll define a resource by passing options
var Comment = store.defineResource({
name: 'comment',
relations: {
belongsTo: {
user: {
// "join" field, name of field on a comment
// that is the primary key of the parent user
localKey: 'userId',
// name of the field on the comment where the
// parent user will be attached to the comment
// by js-data
localField: 'user'
}
}
}
});
var user;
// Example CRUD operations with default configuration
// See http://www.js-data.io/docs/dsfind
User.find(1)
.then(function (_user) {
_user; // { id: 1, name: 'John' }
// See http://www.js-data.io/docs/dsis
User.is(_user); // true
Comment.is(_user); // false
// The user is in the store now
// See http://www.js-data.io/docs/dsget
User.get(_user.id); // { id: 1, name: 'John' }
user = _user;
// No need for another GET request, will resolve immediately
// See http://www.js-data.io/docs/dsfind
return User.find(1);
})
.then(function (_user) {
user === _user; // true
// PUT /user/1 {name:"Johnny"}
// See http://www.js-data.io/docs/dsupdate
return User.update(user.id, { name: 'Johnny' });
})
.then(function (_user) {
// identity mapping at play
user === _user; // true
user === User.get(_user.id); // true
user; // { id: 1, name: 'Johnny' }
user.name = 'Billy';
// PUT /user/1 {id:1,name:"Billy"}
// See http://www.js-data.io/docs/dssave
return User.save(1);
})
.then(function (_user) {
// identity mapping at play
user === _user; // true
user === User.get(_user.id); // true
user; // { id: 1, name: 'Johnny' }
// DELETE /user/1
// See http://www.js-data.io/docs/dsdestroy
return User.destroy(1);
})
.then(function () {
// The user has also been removed from the in-memory store
User.get(1); // undefined
});
All your data are belong to you...
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git clone https://github.com/<you>/js-data.gitcd js-data; npm install; bower install;grunt go (builds and starts a watch)grunt karma:dev (runs the tests)The MIT License (MIT)
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