From c60620974844c93ae3738175475e31e72efc7617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Tsang Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:30:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] adjusting concept headers, cleaning up intro, more instructions on getting started --- docs/concepts.md | 6 +++--- docs/gettingstarted.md | 2 ++ docs/intro.md | 4 +--- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/concepts.md b/docs/concepts.md index e07c0b48..08a7cfaf 100644 --- a/docs/concepts.md +++ b/docs/concepts.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ##Concepts -###What is a Model? +###Model LoopBack is centered around models. A model is an object that encapsulates data. A model is usually named after its real life counterpart. Like its real life counterpart a model has properties or attributes. @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ A model can also do things as actions and behavior. When developing your mobile applications, think of models being the "M" in your MVC framework. Models in LoopBack have backend connectivty built in already, so that you can save data back to your backend and call actions or functions run on the backend seamlessly from your mobile application. -###What is LoopBack Definition Language (LDL)? +###LoopBack Definition Language (LDL) All models in LoopBack can be represented as JSON objects. LoopBack has utilized and extended JSON to define a model's properties and structure. The JSON that is utilized to help define a model's properties and stucture or schema is called LoopBack Definition Language (LDL). LDL is a type of domain specific language Example) @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ All models in LoopBack can be represented as JSON objects. LoopBack has utilize model = person {firstname : string, lastname : string, age: number} -###What is a Datasource and Connector? +###Datasources and Connectors LoopBack allows you to connect to many sources of data and services in the cloud and on premise in your datacenter. These sources of data and services are called Datasources. diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted.md b/docs/gettingstarted.md index 1d669d7a..56017bbf 100644 --- a/docs/gettingstarted.md +++ b/docs/gettingstarted.md @@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ Placeholder for LoopBack Getting Started Guides +Here we want to insert the boxes - iOS, Android, HTML5/Javascript, REST + --- diff --git a/docs/intro.md b/docs/intro.md index 1bb29025..f523719a 100644 --- a/docs/intro.md +++ b/docs/intro.md @@ -1,13 +1,11 @@ ##LoopBack v1.0.0 -###What is LoopBack? +###Introduction LoopBack is a mobile backend framework that puts you in control. As a mobile developer you decide where to run your mobile backend - in the cloud or on permise. LoopBack is built on open source Node.js and leverages the power of Node and the community that stands behind Node. -###Why use LoopBack? - LoopBack is here to help you develop mobile applications with rich functionality and data that is in your datacenter and the cloud. Since LoopBack is built on open source, it is highly extensible and familiar with developers already using Node. Node.js leverages Javascript. The ubiquituous language of the web that most developers have already had familiarity with it's ease of use.