Inspired by Express mvc example, nodetoo is a MVC framework built on top of Express.
$ npm install -g nodetoo
Assuming you have created a project with Express, please refer here for the guide.
- Create the app
$ cd /project
$ npm install nodetoo
$ nodetoo
- Bootstrap nodetoo:
var express = require('express');
var nodetoo = require('nodetoo');
var app = express();
app.configure(function(){
...
// boostrap nodetoo
nodetoo.bootstrap(app);
app.use(app.router);
...
});
// remove any existing route
...
app.listen(3000);- Start the server:
$ node app
nodetoo only work on the app/ and config/ folder
app/
controllers/
home/
index.js
models/
user.js
views/
home/
index.jade
config/
injections/
plugins/
routes.js
setting.js
Each js file under models/ is a model, nodetoo will bootstrap all of them automatically.
models/
user.js
post.js
comment.js
Each folder under controllers/ is a controller, index.js represent the js file.
Let's take a look at the controllers/home/index.js file.
exports.actions = {
index: function (req, res) {
res.render('home/index');
},
about: function (req, res) {
res.render('home/about');
},
}Filters are middlewares that run before the action function.
Exports as a function before.
exports.before = function (req, res, next) {
console.log('[BEFORE]: ' + req.url);
next();
}
exports.actions = {
index: function (req, res) {
res.render('home/index');
}
}Exports as an object before, support injection.
exports.before = {
all: [
{
middlewares: ['logger'],
except: ['login']
}
],
only: [
{
middlewares: ['watcher'],
actions: ['login']
}
]
};All actions will use `logger` except `login` action.
Only `login` action will use `watcher`.
Define at action and it will be given priority.
exports.actions = {
index: {
before: ['watcher', 'logger'],
action: function (req, res) {
res.render('home/index');
}
}
}Here is the injections
config/
injections/
logger.js
watcher.js
Roles are use in Authentication process.
Exports as an object roles.
exports.roles = {
all: [
{
roles: ['*'],
except: ['login']
}
],
only: [
{
roles: ['user'],
actions: ['createUser']
},
{
roles: ['admin'],
actions: ['createUser']
},
]
};All actions has role `*` except `login` action.
Only `createUser` action has role `user`.
Only `createUser` action has role `admin`.
PS: Role * apply to any roles, but it depend on how you write the authenticator.
Define at action and it will be given priority.
exports.actions = {
index: {
roles: ['*'],
action: function (req, res) {
res.render('home/index');
}
}
}Action is a controller method and represent as [controller].[method].
home.index
home.about
Routes are defined in the config/routes.js file
module.exports = [
['/' ,'get' ,'home.index']
, ['/about' ,'get' ,'home.about']
]When roles is configured, {nodetoo} will ask for an authenticator via injection.
config/
injections/
authenticator.js
module.exports = function(roles) {
return function (req, res, next) {
// retrieve user from session
var user = req.session.user;
if (user === undefined) {
res.status(401).render('401');
}
// asterisk skip authorization
else if (!_.contains(roles, '*')
&& !_.intersection(user.roles, roles).length > 0) {
res.status(401).render('401');
} else next();
}
}But how you write the authenticator, it is really up to you. Please refer to the example.
Any module under injections/ folder can be inject with the module filename without the extension.
config/
injections/
module.js
var module = inject('module');
PS: Actually nothing special with the injection, it is just a global function as require.
Clone the nodetoo repo, then install the dev dependencies:
$ git clone git://github.com/fliptoo/nodetoo.git --depth 1
$ cd nodetoo
$ npm install
and run whichever examples you want:
$ cd examples/basic
$ node app
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