alshayed/web-frontend-api-backend

Sample code for a talk of the same name

Sample code for the Web Frontend, API Backend talk

This is the example project whose code samples show up in the talk. It is mostly here for posterity but if you did want to get the code running, there are a few things you will need.

Database

The database is from the http://joind.in project; you will need to visit the joindin-api repo and run the patchdb.sh script from there, followed by its dbgen utility to generate some data you can work with.

API Backend

In the api directory, run composer install. This pulls in all the dependencies we'll need.

Your webroot is the public directory.

Web Frontend

In the web directory, run composer install.

In lib\ApiClient there are hardcoded URLs which point to where your API is.

Your webroot is the public directory.

References

Projects used in this example project to get me started really quickly:

• Slim Framework is an excellent microframework from Josh Lockhart, also the author/curator of PHP The Right Way.
• PureCSS helped me to hide how useless I am with anything frontendish, this project also uses one of their example layouts.
• Guzzle is the API Client I used
• Pimple is a super-simple dependency injection container that I used in the API backend.

Learning More

The best way to learn is by doing; this example project is a dumbed-down version of how the new joind.in site actually works. It's an open source project, so why don't you jump in and help? More info for contributors (current or future!) can be found here: http://m.joind.in/about