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A backoffice

With Javascript

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@louis_remi

Came to JS by developing jQuery plugins and features.

Co-founded Prototypo, a web-app pour for graphic-designers.

CTO at Chez Nestor.

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React.js

OpenType.js

Paper.js

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React.js

OpenType.js

Paper.js

Backofficeless

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React.js

OpenType.js

Paper.js

Backofficeless

It’s just someone else’s backoffice

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Business demands...

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  • Single source of truth

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  • Interconnected

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  • Clarified processes

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  • Ready yesterday

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Technical translation:

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  • REST API (or better)

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  • Backoffice UI

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  • Authentication / User permissions

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  • Deployment / Scaling

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WordPress

Backoffice

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PHP

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PHP has Symfony.

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Python has Django.

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Ruby has Rails.

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What do WE have?

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Headless CMS?

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Firebase / Meteor?

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Rails / Symfony equivalent?

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Personal checklist:

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  • Admin/API scaffolding
  • code, not clicks
  • Serverless
  • SQL backed
  • Runs on AWS
  • Modular / extensible / open-source
  • Actively developed / maintained

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Sequelize

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Lumber

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Forest

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Claudia

AWS�Lambda

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«An easy-to-use multi SQL dialect ORM for Node.js»

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github.com/sequelize

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«The Admin Interface Framework»

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github.com/ForestAdmin/Lumber

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«The Admin Interface Framework»

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(multi-ORM REST API framework)

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github.com/ForestAdmin/Lumber

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«A universal admin interface designed to manage all

your application data and business operations.»

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forestadmin.com

Forest

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«Run code without thinking about servers..»

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aws.amazon.com/lambda

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«Deploy Node.js projects to AWS Lambda easily.»

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github.com/claudiajs

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«Deploy Node.js projects to AWS Lambda easily.»

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(even Express projects)

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github.com/claudiajs

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Looking forward to:

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  • Better docs

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  • Easier extensibility

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  • Self documenting API

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  • Responsive UI

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Thanks!

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@louis_remi