REST + Backbone vs Now

[Andrew Seddon]

I'm writing an app that is very client heavy (essentially a desktop
app). The back end is a thin veneer over MongoDB (using Mongoose).
I've started using Backbone on the front end and a REST API.

I'm considering dumping Backbone + REST and just letting Now directly
sync my Mongoose models up to the front end;

Mongo <-> Mongoose + Middleware <-> ??? <-> Now <-> ??? <--> DOM

Thoughts?

[Vladimir Dronnikov]

>
> I'm considering dumping Backbone + REST and just letting Now directly
> sync my Mongoose models up to the front end;
>
> Mongo <-> Mongoose + Middleware <-> ??? <-> Now <-> ??? <--> DOM
>
> Thoughts?

Any security measures?

[Andrew Seddon]

Mongoose has some nice middleware to take care of security, obviously
you couldn't directly expose the db.

http://batmanjs.org/ mentions using Now and seems to have an easy way
to persist client side models. Not a lot of info at the moment tho.