Hi guys Let me start out here with a disclaimer. I am a newbie to programming in Javascript. It's syntax is acceptable, so I have no problem with that - it's just on the structuring of Javascript especially within the Async context of nodeJS.
I am at the moment trying to write a really simple RESTful API in NodeJS using Mongo as a data source. I'm using express to handle the HTTP component and the MongoDB library (via NPM) to handle my interaction with Mongo. I am having some real troubles with how to properly structure my application. You can view it as it stands here: http://pastie.org/6013517 As you will see, I am calling the user collection, then finding a user, then creating a new login token, then updating the user with that login token, then sending that login token back to the browser. All within one crazy nested method. I've been programming in non-async languages for a while, and I guess I am failing to understand the concept of how to program asynchronously. The best I can come up with is to have a User object that just has methods that are called within the callback of each component. Looking at the code I have given above - how would I better structure this to remove the levels of nesting, but still not have it as a procedural object (ie. one method calls the next which calls the next and so on). Maybe i'm just not understanding how to program in this environment? Tom -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
