Getting Started with LoopBack Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
The LoopBack framework allows you to quickly model your data and provide APIs to access it securely. In this course you will learn the essentials to get started developing a LoopBack based solution.
Target Audience
Developers that wish to use LoopBack to quickly generate secure RESTful APIs for their service.
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
2.2
Lesson Objectives Getting Started with LoopBack
start the course
describe the features and benefits of the LoopBack framework
install loopback and its requirements in your development environment
identify concepts that are central to working with LoopBack
use LoopBack to create a simple API
explore the LoopBack API you created
connect your API to a database back end
extend your API by adding a remote method
add a route that displays an HTML file
add routes for custom functions in your application
run your application in a cluster using the StrongLoop Process Manager
add an additional data source connector to your application
add additional models to your application
define relationships between models in your application
define access controls within the application
use remote hooks within your LoopBack application
use StrongLoop Arc to deploy your LoopBack application
identify access control concepts in LoopBack
describe the user authentication model used in LoopBack
control data access within LoopBack
use access tokens to provide request authentication
create and make use of different role types in LoopBack
use and control access to related models in LoopBack
create users and add administrative roles
describe additional steps to increase security in LoopBack
create a LoopBack API
Course Number: wd_ulbn_a01_it_enus
Expertise Level
Beginner