loopback-boot/docs/migrating-from-1x-to-2x.md

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## Migrating from 1.x to 2.x
**Starting point: a sample 1.x project**
*models.json*
```json
{
"car": {
"properties": {
"color": "string",
},
"dataSource": "db"
}
}
```
*models/car.js*
```js
var app = require('../app');
var Car = app.models.Car;
Car.prototype.honk = function(duration, cb) {
// make some noise for `duration` seconds
cb();
};
```
*app.js*
```js
var loopback = require('loopback');
var boot = require('loopback-boot');
var app = loopback();
boot(app, __dirname);
```
### App settings
The files with applications settings were renamed from `app.*` to `config.*`.
Rename the following files to upgrade a 1.x project for loopback-boot 2.x:
- `app.json` to `config.json`
- `app.local.json` to `config.local.json`
- `app.local.js` to `config.local.js`
- etc.
### Data sources
The configuration of data sources remains the same in both 1.x and 2.x
versions.
### Models
**The 2.x version of loopback-boot no longer creates Models, it's up to the
developer to create them before booting the app.**
The folder `models/` has a different semantincs in 2.x than in 1.x. Instead
of extending Models already defined by `app.boot` and `models.json`,
it provides a set of Model definitions that do not depend on
any application that may use them.
Perform the following steps to update a 1.x project for loopback-boot 2.x.
All code samples are referring to the sample project described above.
1. Move all Model-definition metadata from `models.json`
to new per-model json files in `models/` directory.
*models/car.json*
```json
{
"name": "car",
"properties": {
"color": "string",
}
}
```
*models.json*
```json
{
"car": {
"dataSource": "db"
}
}
```
2. Change per-model javascript files to export a function that adds
custom methods to the model class.
*models/car.js*
```js
module.exports = function(Car, Base) {
Car.prototype.honk = function(duration, cb) {
// make some noise for `duration` seconds
cb();
};
};
```
3. If your model definitions are not in `./models`, then add an entry
to `models.json` to specify the paths where to look for model definitions.
*models.json*
```json
{
"_meta": {
"sources": ["./custom/path/to/models"]
},
"Car": {
"dataSource": "db"
}
}
```
### Attaching built-in models
Models provided by LoopBack, such as `User` or `Role`, are no longer
automatically attached to default data-sources. The data-source configuration
entry `defaultForType` is silently ignored.
You have to explicitly configure all built-in models used by your application
in the `models.json` file.
```
{
"Role": { "dataSource": "db" }
}
```