LoopBack - a private, open source mBaaS based on Node.js

http://strongloop.com/strongblog/announcing-loopback-an-open-source-mobile-backend-as-a-service-based-on-node-js/

by alancharles • 13 years ago

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gshipley• 13 years ago

I have been using OpenShift for my application development and would like to try this out. Does anyone know if they are a cartridge for OpenShift?

rmgraham• 13 years ago

Looks like it: http://docs.strongloop.com/#openshift-cartridge

chandrikagole• 13 years ago

gshipley, yes StrongLoop does have cartridge for OpenShift - http://docs.strongloop.com/#openshift-cartridge

dirkz• 13 years ago

Great work StrongLoop!

arboreal• 13 years ago

How does this compare to something like Parse?

Schoonology• 13 years ago

LoopBack is open source. It's way too easy (IMNSHO) to outgrow what Parse has to offer, and I'm never a fan of these black-box, hosted solutions.

I can make changes as I need, and I own the whole server application from the bottom up.

altsang• 13 years ago

Exactly - Loopback = "Parse in an open source box" versus a black-box.

lresende• 13 years ago

Good to see more mBaaS solutions in the open source arena. Particular using Node.JS which is a great fit for mobile backends.

shubhra51• 13 years ago

Loopback is the middleware api glue for making rich mobile apps enterprise grade. This should enable us to build apps which can actually access data locked in enterprise data stores very quickly

nibin777• 13 years ago

This is huge. NodeJS enters into the enterprise!

malandrew• 13 years ago

Link to github repo and docs:

https://github.com/strongloop/loopback

http://docs.strongloop.com/loopback/

FWIW, I'm really trying to figure out what this is exactly. Is it something that can be used standalone or does it need to be used only as part of StrongLoop Suite? The marketing speak all over the place is so palpable that it obfuscates.

enjoyjava• 13 years ago

LoopBack is open source. The repos are public and the node modules have been published to NPM registry. As a Node developer, you can definitely use/hack it as usual.

LoopBack is part of the StrongLoop suite distribution too. That's where you will get an integrated solution (with StrongNode & StrongOps) and commercial supports.

d1b1• 13 years ago

Sad to see the NodeFly Logo die out. But great to see the product become part of a larger offering. Visibility into node.js event loop has been mission critical for our team. Way to go Strong loop and their mission!

LoopBack - a private, open source mBaaS based on Node.js

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