Creating API for your web application

Adam Nemeth, @aadaam

EVERY WEBAPP CAN BE PORTED TO THE MVC PATTERN

Theorem I.

EVERY WEBAPP CAN BE PORTED TO THE ENTITIES-SERVICES-TEMPLATES PATTERN

Theorem II. (this is what actually happens mostly)

IF YOUR TEMPLATES ARE FREE OF BUSINESS LOGIC, SERVICES CAN BE SEPARATED

Theorem III.

Free of logic: See [Parr,2002]

YOU CAN ALWAYS DIVIDE YOUR TEMPLATES TO CONTEXTUAL AND NON-CONTEXTUAL TO THE GIVEN SERVICE

Theorem IV.

i.e. Master Layout and service-specific template

PUBLISH THE DATA YOU FILL YOUR TEMPLATES WITH THEIR RAW STRUCTURE

Step 1.

i.e. serialize the key-value map of your template as JSON

MAKE YOUR SERVICES AVAILABLE WITHOUT THE NON-SERVICE CONTEXT TEMPLATES AS WELL

Step 2.

i.e. to do HIJAX

MAKE YOUR AUTHORIZATION ABSTRACT TO YOUR SERVICES

Step 3.

CONTROL 3RD PARTY ACCESS TO YOUR SERVICES

Step 4

i.e. create an OAuth-gateway

SEPARATE ALL OF YOUR SERVICES TO THIS LAYER AND CREATE ONLY SERVICES YOUR APPLICATION USES

Invariant through the project