Drupal services and the tasty backbone.js

Drupal Services and the tasty backbone.js

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Nagailic Sergiu | Nikro

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Content:1. Introduction to Web Services.2. Say Hi to the Services module.3. More about Services module. Expanding the module (creating resources).4. Services working example (demo).5. Say Hi to backbone.js.6. Friendship between Drupal and backbone.js.7. Backbone.js working example (demo).8. Round-up.




Introduction to Web Services:

● XML-RPC / SOAP based Services● JavaScript Services (where most of them are either RPC or RESTful)● RESTful Services● Other




Why do we need Services?
















Clients…




Approach 1: XML-RPC...XML-RPC is a remote procedure call which uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism. "XML-RPC" also refers generically to the use of XML for remote procedure call, independently of the specific protocol.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_procedure_call

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP


XML Messages:










In result our API might look like:




SOAP:SOAP, originally defined as Simple Object Access Protocol, is a protocol specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation of Web Services in computer networks. It relies on Extensible Markup Language (XML) for its message format, and usually relies on other Application Layer protocols, most notably Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), for message negotiation and transmission.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol




Basic SOAP Structure:







API approach | Usage:




API approach | Usage:




REST / RESTful APIsREpresentational State Transfer (REST) is a style of software architecture for distributed systems such as the World Wide Web. REST has emerged over the past few years as a predominant Web service design model. REST has increasingly displaced other design models such as SOAP and WSDL due to its simpler style.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSDL


REST / RESTful APIs




REST / RESTful APIs




REST / RESTful APIs




REST / RESTful APIs




Hello Services Module!




Hello Services Module!




Expanding the Module.Creating own Resources.Working example.

DEMO / LIVE




Hello backbone.js!Backbone is a JavaScript framework/API with a RESTful JSON interface, and is loosely based on the model–view–controller (MVC) application design paradigm.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller


Tasty Friendship

● Models (ie. Nodes)● Collections (Views or Index)● Views (Renders JS to HTML)




Backbone.js working example.

DEMO / LIVE




Round-up.







Thanks!



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