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Building a BaaS using PostgreSQL

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Building a BaaS using PostgreSQL
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The typical way to design a web or mobile application is to do the data modelling, create an API around it and wrap it as backend using a web framework of choice and serve the API. Now, what if you could get everything done in the data modelling stage itself? There is a new paradigm of web development called "noBackend". It doesn't mean that we completely eliminate the backend from our architecture. Its just that the server side components of our infrastructure become a swappable commodity. Developers no longer need to worry about your backend details. All they need is a REST API, which you can automatically generate from your SQL schema. In this talk, We'll show you how to build a full fledged backend for an application without leaving the confines of your PostgreSQL console (well, almost!). We shall leverage a standalone tool called Postgrest, which will instantly convert your schema into a RESTful API.