APIs in minutes with Node.js

Shubhra KarDirector Products

@shubhrakar

Oct 2014

The Frontend is changing fast (Mobile First !)

And it isn’t done yet !

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APIs are powering this change

SaaS Mobile IoT

SOA

Web

App Server

Database Datacube

API Server

HTML JSON

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What tech is should I use for APIs ?

Node is FAST

Node is perfect for APIs

Node powers full-stack JS

…and highly concurrent!

Hybrid App: Full Stack JavaScript!

AngularBootstrap

Ionic

Cordova

A Compelling Option for Enterprise Mobility Faster time to market vs. 100% native

development Reuse skills of existing web developer staff Open Source stack / no vendor lock-in For Enterprise apps, performance is comparable

to native apps Near “write once, run anywhere” UI: tablets,

phones, smart TVs, smart watches, cars, etc.

Gartner predicts by 2016 more than 50% of the apps deployed will be

Hybrid apps.

http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2324917

LoopBackAPI ServerNode.js

Why Node.js?

• Lots of JavaScript programmers out there (>62K)• Very large and active developer community• Has the most modules (100K > Java)

Threads Don’t Wait !

Nodies are not just silicon valley hipsters !

And most recently….

But how do I cross the bridge…

RMI Objects

MessagingService

BI Tools

Business

Rules

FileSystem

ESB

WebInterfac

e

ContentDatabase

DataWarehous

e

FinancialsMainframe

Web/WAP

Interface

EJB

Virtual

Service

Routing

Service

SOAP

CRM App

Products

Collaboration

AppPortal

HelpEngine

BPMSLegacy

Infrastructure

Internal

External CloudPartners

<SOAP/XML/HTTP> <PSUEDO R

EST> <JSON API>

Mobile Backend

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Where Do We Begin?

We need a robust API tier!

It must automatically scale to meet our demands!

It must provide easy data integration and orchestration!

It must be designed for the Digital Revolution!

1st Gen mBaaS - Parse, StackMob, Kinvey, Apigee, AppC, Kony

mobile/web clients

social & analytics

JSON APIREST API

APIXMLSQL

SOAPEtc.

mBaaS

API tier(Java, Ruby, PHP, C#)

MongoDB, mySQL

Enterprise

APIs in Minutes with Node.js

Shubhra KarDirector – Products & Strategic Alliances

Oct 2014

StrongLoop is the biggest contributor to Node Core

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StrongLoop helps deliver successful APIs

Compose

Deploy / Scale

Monitor

Secure / Manage

API Studio Controller StrongOps API Gateway

Developer Subscription Production Subscription

Reliable API Solutions powered by Node.js

StrongLoop API Server components

ExpressAPI GatewayLoopback API FrameworkController (Mesh)Strong-agent – MonitoringConnectors to enterprise

systemsCommercial SupportTraining/Consulting

RESTAPI

PUSH

GEOOFF

SYNC

DEVICE

USER FILE

Storage

REST

APIGATEWAY

Channel SDKs

ORMAPI ENGINE

CONNECTORs

API

SDKs

StrongLoop API Server (On-Premises or Cloud)

REST API

APIExplorer

Debugging, Provisioning, Scaling, Monitoring

Enterprise Node.js Platform

Loopback Open-source Node.js Framework

$ slc loopback

_-----_ | | .--------------------------. |--(o)--| | Let's create a LoopBack | `---------´ | application! | ( _´U`_ ) '--------------------------' /___A___\ | ~ | __'.___.'__ ´ ` |° ´ Y `

[?] Enter a directory name where to create the project: (.)

Middleware API Engine

ORM

Aggregation & Mashups

API Explorer (Swagger)

Fine Grained Access Control (ACLs)

Data Replication

IsoMorphic JS and Client SDKs.

API Explorer (Swagger 2.0) and Frontend App Integration

Studio

Visual ORM

Discovery

Migration

DEV - API Design & Composition

OPS – Provisioning, Scaling & Monitoring

mBaaS (mobile Backend as a Service)

Push Notification

GeoLocation

Offline Sync

3rd Party APIs

Device / User Tracking

Cloud / File Storage

API Gateway

Security (AAA)

Mediation and Transformation

Infrastructure QoS (pagination, throttling, caching, delivery guarantee, firewall)

Analytics and health monitoring

Aggregation and Microservices Routing

Virtualization and Reverse Proxy

Connectors

Connection Management

RDBMS, NoSQL, Services, BigData, Proprietary

Model Discovery

Data Replication

State Management

Storage

Open Source

Enterprise

Storage

REST

Controller

Debugging

Build Universal Git

Deploy Server Distro Distributed – Mesh

Scale

State Management

Monitoring

Deep Dive Node.js Metrics

Dynamic Instrumentation

On-Premises and 3rd Party Integration

Deep Transaction Tracing

Root Cause Analysis

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Monitoring – On Premises / 3rd Party consoles

Profiling – On Premises

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Error tracking/recovery

Let’s Start

API Serverhttp://strongloop.com/node-js/api-server/

Loopbackhttp://loopback.io

Expresshttp://expressjs.com/

mBaaShttp://strongloop.com/node-js/mBaaS/

Controllerhttp://strongloop.com/node-js/controller/

Monitoringhttp://strongloop.com/node-js/monitoring/

Studiohttp://strongloop.com/node-js/studio-beta/

First there was NodeThank you!