REST API的Web UI

Question

I wrote a REST API in Node.js (with Express)that implements a queue with some dequeue/enqueue functionality, and the next step is creating a web view for that API. I am really new to javascript and Node.js , can i have some pointers on how to implement it? is there a framework I can use to integrate the api.js i built with a front-end?

Answer 1

When you wrote a REST api using nodejs and the expressjs framework, you are perfectly prepared to use the complete MEAN stack, which implements angularJS for frontend services.

Angular offers a complete REST implementation (called ngResource). Install via npm .

With the angular resource service you get your frontend interface (to interact with your backend) out of the box (except a few adaptations you'll have to make, eg to make it work with Mongoose, which is used to make the access to your MongoDB more comfortable).

You'll find a few superb tutorials, as this one and others on scotch.io are some of them. Google for 'api rest angular resource mean ...' in different selections ;-)

Other links that helped me a lot:

• Tutorial from Angular itself
• Thinkster.io - complete MEAN stack overview with examples
• a helpful tutorial with good examples from Frederik Dietz
• Buecheler comes out with this great tutorial, but its more about the backend side - as you might check your code againt the basic standards of a REST backend implementation.

Those are some of the links I noted and that could find ad hoc.

EDIT: As your headline suggests you are searching for an UI, I suppose IBM Strongloop might be a good hint for you. IBM is strongly interconnected with the development of ExpressJS and offers this API and UI for probably all data concerning questions of your Webapp.