REST Easy - Instant APIs for Your Database Jerod Johnson, Technology Evangelist
Agenda Introduction Problem: RESTful access to SQL Server data CData API Server & SQL Server integration Demo: SQL Server in Angular Demo: SQL Server in React
CData Software At A Glance See the World as a Database Started in 2005 as part of /n software Spun off as CData Software in 2014 Headquarters: Chapel Hill, NC 110+ Data Sources 'See the World as a Database'
RESTful Access to SQL Server Data The Problem RESTful Access to SQL Server Data Growth in API-driven consumption platforms and services Current Options: Entity Framework Web development frameworks Development + maintenance costs
Build a REST API Using a Point-and-Click Interface CData API Server Build a REST API Using a Point-and-Click Interface Create fully-documented APIs Supports popular data formats Configure security and user access Critical API management features Publishable API
Build a REST API Using a Point-and-Click Interface Demonstration Build a REST API Using a Point-and-Click Interface Connect API Server to a SQL Server Instance: Create user(s) Add a SQL Server Connection Select and modify resources (Enable CORS) Video (YouTube [11:24])
Build Dynamic Web Apps from SQL Server Data Demonstration Build Dynamic Web Apps from SQL Server Data React Web App (Article: https://goo.gl/5Txdzy) Dynamic Tables Angular Web App (Article: https://goo.gl/jJdpCs) Dynamic Tables from Relational Data
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