![]() Navigate your browser to the Node.js/Cloudant web starter template, and then enter an app name and app host (this will be used in the app’s URL prefix), and hit the “Create” button. ![]() Let’s examine how to setup Cloudant using the Bluemix starter template. A restricted on-premis license for Cloudant comes with the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server, or you can add the Cloudant service to any app on Bluemix: you can use Cloudant standalone through the REST interface, or use the Node.js/Cloudant web starter template to have a Node.js plus Cloudant multi-tier solution. To persist our data in the Cloudant DBaaS service, we will be using the official LoopBack Cloudant Connector. StrongLoop maintains several data connectors, with connectors for additional backend data stores provided by the developer community. In the LoopBack framework, data is retrieved and persisted through what is referred to as “ data connectors“. In this post we will examine how to leverage IBM Cloudant as a backend data store with the LoopBack framework and Strongloop Arc tools. In fact, both StrongLoop/LoopBack and Cloudant now come as part of the MobileFirst Platform, but you can still get them as independent services on IBM Bluemix. Combine this with the IBM MobileFirst platform, and you have an even more comprehensive and secure mobile app solution. While the acquisition of StrongLoop is still “hot off of the presses”, you can already use LoopBack and Cloudant together today to accelerate development of a highly secure REST application layer. IBM Cloudant is IBM’s NoSQL Database as a Service that offers massive scalability, powerful search features, high availability, and helps you deliver solutions faster, with lower maintenance. Take a look at the video below to get an idea just what it can do for you. Why is this important? It makes API development easier and drastically reduces time from concept to implementation. It provides the ability to visually create data models in a graphical (or command line) interface, which are used to automatically generate REST APIs – thus generating CRUD operations for your REST services tier, without having to write any code. StrongLoop’s LoopBack framework enables you to easily connect and expose your data as REST services. Node.js is making serious inroads into the enterprise, with many major enterprises building their entire web presence and APIs services tier on top of a Node.js infrastructure. Node.js is an incredible tool for rapidly building highly performant and scalable back end systems, and you develop it using a familiar core language that most front-end developers are already accustomed to, JavaScript. This is a huge step for IBM and Node.js applications in the enterprise. IBM announced the acquisition of StrongLoop, creators of the LoopBack framework and active members of the Node.js community.
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