Some reddit pundits were confused about resourceserver and what the point of it might be. In this post I demonstrate the use of resourceserver as a backend for the todomvc SPA demo.
Using Resourceserver as a backend for an SPA / Backbone app
Install redis
You’re on your own for this one. It is not hard and can be accomplished on *nix or windows.
Get resourceserver
git clone git@github.com:liammclennan/resourceserver.git
Get Todomvc
Todomvc is a reference app used to compare client-side web app libraries. It includes the same app (a todo app) built with a wide variety of libraries. We will use it as a client-side app to connect to resource server.
git clone git@github.com:tastejs/todomvc.git
Enable redis
This is optional. By default resourceserver will just store resources in memory. Edit resourceserver’s config.coffee:
module.exports =
use_redis: true
redis_config:
host: 'localhost'
port: 6379
Make sure the redis_config settings match your redis installation.
Start resourceserver
In the directory where you cloned resourceserver:
npm start
Modify todomvc
We need to make a small modification to todomvc to enable server persistence.
Modify architecture-examples/backbone/js/collections/todos.js:
- localStorage: new Backbone.LocalStorage('todos-backbone'),
+ url: 'http://localhost:3002/todos',
Enjoy
