Re:Deployd: Create RESTful JSON APIs using a GUI interface
by jeffbcross on Friday September 21, 2012 @12:55PM
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(I work at deployd) Yes, the cycle is funny. We don't usually focus on the GUI when talking about deployd; someone outside the company posted with this headline.
Open source was a no-brainer for us. There are some other key concepts that make it a compelling tool, particularly how easily extensible the platform is.
Re:Deployd: Create RESTful JSON APIs using a GUI interface
by michaelsbradley on Friday September 21, 2012 @03:37PM
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Jeff, has deployd considered adopting a JSON-based media type like Collection+JSON or HAL or JSON-LD (and there are others, or you could roll your own) so that the JSON APIs are properly RESTful?
Re:Deployd: Create RESTful JSON APIs using a GUI interface
by dallonf on Friday September 21, 2012 @07:43PM
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(I work at Deployd) Our goal is first and foremost to generate useful APIs that you can use in your front-end, not necessarily to strictly adhere to the REST pattern. We do tend to use REST terminology when describing Deployd, and maybe that's a mistake that's causing more distraction than necessary.
Re:Deployd: Create RESTful JSON APIs using a GUI interface
by taylonr on Friday September 21, 2012 @04:29PM
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Funny you mentioned VB6 days, that was the first thing that came up at work when we saw it.
I haven't downloaded it yet, so perhaps I'm missing something. But our thought was that it mimicked the VB6 "Place Code Here" mentality.
Re:Deployd: Create RESTful JSON APIs using a GUI interface
by PabloOsinaga on Friday September 21, 2012 @10:48AM
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I am saying VB6 days, because in essence deployd (or meteor, or parse) are the same as an old-school DBMS database with stored procedures, and HTML+JS is in essence the same as a Win VB6 app.
suggestion: I would frame it differently - the coolness of what you are doing has nothing to do with the GUI part, but rather, the fact that it is a BaaS (backend as a service) open source. It's a simplified meteor, or an open source parse.
BTW - it is funny how things circle back - we are coming back to a client-server era. Much like the VB6 days :)