Any good references on how to set it up on apache if possible? Is it not recommended?
BackboneJS doesn't require any server setup it's a library for javascript and since javascript isn't a server-side language I don't understand why you ask this... Apache has nothing to do with backboneJS, you just need to include the backbone.js in your html. For more information read the documentation and take a look at the example app.
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I have seen many people using nextjs with expressjs and without expressjs framwork. Can someone please explain why do we need expressjs with nextjs? Nextjs works as SSR without expressjs. What does expressjs add to nextjs when we use it together? Assuming that we are using different rest api server.
You don't need to use expressjs if all you want is server-side rendering. But if you want to go beyond that by adding an API, as an example, then you need to be able to override the routing and that's when you'd add expressjs in front. Express will get the request and see if it is for the API or if it's just a normal nextjs page. LogRocket has a very good tutorial on this https://blog.logrocket.com/how-to-build-a-server-rendered-react-app-with-next-express-d5a389e7ab2f/
You most likely don't need to override Next's default server. For edge cases where you do, you'll see examples showing a custom server extending Next's default. You can use whatever server framework you want – Express, Hapi, etc.
https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/custom-server
I'm attempting to create a small website using Directus as a back end, since it has a nice interface for managing a database. The front end will be coded in VueJS, and I'd like them both on the same site. I'm using Apache. For example:
www.example.com = VueJS frontend that pulls information from the Directus backend
www.example.com/admin = Directus admin link
www.example.com/api/[whatever] = RESTful api access
I've messed around with virtualhosts a bit but I can only move the entire directus app to a different port, which I don't want to do since I don't want admins to have to type the port number in manually if they want to access the example.com/admin interface.
I think you can put the API on sub-domain like api.example.com that way both will be available on the same server.
I am just starting with the Directus and met with the same issue of putting both components and thought to put as written above.
If you followed some other approach, pls post here so that it can help people like me.
I have created a small mixin library for Vue.JS 3 and Directus API that makes it easier for developers to make API calls quicker and with almost no code needed.
It supports fetchCollection, fetchBtId, Sort, Filter and Search API endpoints.
Check it out. Hope it helps anybody in the future.
https://github.com/Slaveworx/api-rabbit
There's a feature in Angular Universal that allows you to pre-render pages at build-time. Can this be used to pre-render all your pages and run Angular Universal without a server?
Once html pages have been pre-rendered using angular universal (using nodejs server or asp.net core server), you can use any CDN to serve the pre-generated html.
See https://universal.angular.io/overview/
Edit: have a look at the starer kit
https://github.com/angular/universal-starter
Basically, you can reuse the prerender.js file which will write the rendered html files (for specified static routes) to the dist/browser folder, or wherever you want to. This is that folder that you deploy to a static host after
Well, you're always going to need to have a server somewhere in the equation: the only question is how much you have to set it up yourself versus how much can the current crop of tools and technologies do it for you.
In this talk from Node Summit Steven Fluin from Google talks about Firebase at the end. Pay attention to the bit about 'cloud functions' (at about 20 mins). Your Angular app will be rendered on the server using Firebase cloud functions. When a user interacts with your app, some JS is run to figure out what to send down (from the Firebase server) to the user. "You don't need to set up a server at all; everything is running in Firebase."
I haven't used Firebase myself - I'm using Angular Universal, which has a Node.js server as you know - but this sounds very nice. I found setting up Angular Universal really tricky (but got there in the end).
I'm planning on building a developer API similar to what Uber and Yo have done. Is it possible to build such API if my app's backend is powered by parse.com? I don't want my custom API pointing to parse, but instead my own site.
I'm planning on using ruby, and was wondering if there would be any limitations over other options (not sure what options I have). Thanks
I'm not sure if it is possible using ruby, but I know it's definitely possible to build your own REST API.
We have decided to go a bit further and wrote a parse-angular seed project for developing web apps. It can be found here.
After you pulled it, do a npm install
As usual,
cloud code should go into cloud/main.js
express code: cloud/app.js
angular code: cloud/public/js/
Note that: You will need to change your AppId and AppKey in
config/global.json
cloud/public/js/app.js
As for custom apis, you can define your own in cloud/routes/api.js.
At this point you should have a nice parse-angular project set up and good to go.
If there's anything wrong, please feel free to open a pull request. :)
My problem is I want to integrate Durandal witha Wordpress site yet Durandal expects HTML files as views. How can this be changed to use PHP files?
Yes. A php script generates dynamic HTML files on the server. You would just need to generate HTML that is valid within the context of Durandal.
The strategy is similar to using Durandal with ASP.Net, which would be a good place to start looking for tutorials.