Codestrong 2012 breakout session building your own custom cloud services
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Node.ACS allows developers to build fully-featured mobile backends using Node.js on Appcelerator Cloud Services. Some key benefits include: - Using JavaScript for both client and server code through Node.js - Integrating Node.js web servers and networking components directly with ACS' data services - Hosting multiple versions of an app and routing users to different versions The presentation demonstrated sample code for a login API and group chat app using websockets. Upcoming features include background job workers, monitoring, integrations with other services, and more flexible free tiers.
Codestrong 2012 breakout session building your own custom cloud services
- 1. Node.ACS Appcelerator Custom Cloud Services Wei Kong Director of Engineering, Cloud Services Appcelerator Inc. @baobeimm [email protected]
- 2. Appcelerator Cloud Services (ACS) as Instant Mobile Backend
- 3. The Good • Easy to use • Cross Platform (REST Api based) • Predefined object models • Custom Objects and Fields • No Server Code Needed
- 4. What’s Missing • Custom Code • Web Hosting • Support of Custom URLs • Can have extra overhead with the network and battery consumption
- 6. Node.js + ACS • Complete Solution to your Mobile Backend • JavaScript for both Client and Server • Fully Integrated with ACS JS
- 7. Node.js in a Nutshell • Use JavaScript to write Web Servers • Based on Google’s V8 Engine • Event-driven/None-blocking IO • Lightweight and efficient • More at http://nodejs.org
- 8. Why Node.js • Performance and Scalability • Easy to Integrate Network Components • JavaScript
- 10. ACS Network Layer ACS
- 11. The Development Flow Create a app Test Locally Publish to Node.ACS Cloud Unpublish Set Custom Cname Ex. http://www.yourapp.com
- 12. Multiple Versions your app Device (v1) V1 Device (v2) V2 V3 Device (v3) Latest
- 14. Web Server Sample web server to display your app data stored in ACS
- 15. What’s wrong? var user = { session:"", }; api.login = function(req, res) { if(user.session === ""){ ACS.Users.login({login: req.body.un,password: req.body.pw}, function(e) { if(e.success && e.success === true){ user.session = e.meta.session_id; }else{ res.redirect(version+'/index?msg='+e.message); } }, req, res); }else{ res.redirect(version+'/show'); } }
- 16. Websocket A group chat app based on websocket
- 17. Group Chat Server Code websocket.message = function(data, socket) { socket.broadcast.emit('message', data); }; Client Code // Received a message iosocket.on('message', function(message) { // Display the message }); // User types a message $('#outgoingChatMessage').keypress(function(event) { iosocket.emit('message', $('#outgoingChatMessage').val()); }
- 18. Roadmap
- 19. What’s in Preview • One free Node.js Worker/app • 100M Free disk space/app • Unlimited API calls
- 20. Coming Soon • Background job workers • Node.js Monitoring • More 3rd party services integrations • Web Console • Flexible free tier • Auto sleep and reactivation
- 21. Wei Kong @baobeimm [email protected]
Editor's Notes
- #5: Extending ACS FeaturesWeb ServicesBackground Jobs (Coming soon)Integrations with third party services ACS currently doesn’t support yetMove custom logics from devices to ServerReduce devices network and battery consumptionsSimplify client side developmentReduce app footprintCustom URL 80% job done needs another 20%, background admin job, cms , also performance enhancement
- #7: Extending ACS FeaturesWeb ServicesBackground Jobs (Coming soon)Integrations with third party services ACS currently doesn’t support yetMove custom logics from devices to ServerReduce devices network and battery consumptionsSimplify client side developmentReduce app footprintCustom URL ----- Meeting Notes (10/11/12 14:13) -----windows update node.ACS logosend it magic
- #8: Extending ACS FeaturesWeb ServicesBackground Jobs (Coming soon)Integrations with third party services ACS currently doesn’t support yetMove custom logics from devices to ServerReduce devices network and battery consumptionsSimplify client side developmentReduce app footprintCustom URL
- #11: ----- Meeting Notes (10/11/12 14:13) -----worker? revision slidesReal example (diagram)add a diagram about moving the logic away from client devices,
- #13: ----- Meeting Notes (10/11/12 14:13) -----diagram needs to be updated
- #20: Extending ACS FeaturesWeb ServicesBackground Jobs (Coming soon)Integrations with third party services ACS currently doesn’t support yetMove custom logics from devices to ServerReduce devices network and battery consumptionsSimplify client side developmentReduce app footprintCustom URL ----- Meeting Notes (10/11/12 14:13) -----deactivenumer of free workers ?
- #21: Extending ACS FeaturesWeb ServicesBackground Jobs (Coming soon)Integrations with third party services ACS currently doesn’t support yetMove custom logics from devices to ServerReduce devices network and battery consumptionsSimplify client side developmentReduce app footprintCustom URL ----- Meeting Notes (10/11/12 14:13) -----enterpise connection services, such as SaP ,oracle, salesforce.