On 01/02/2013 17:10, Thomas Gray wrote: > 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?
Try using Step.js, for a start. It is a light lib with a straightforward use that unclutters your callbacks. Jérémy. -- -- 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.
