Datastore component is a single wrapper for your models and collections.

Some front end framework provide collections which are basically ordered sets of models (or arrays of objects) with no extra features. Datastore removes this overhead and helps you focus on your data instead of maintaining something useless.

Datastore contains your data and all the logic surrounding it such as formatters, access control, computed properties, reset, local storage and can be easily extended with its middleware engine.

component:

$ component install bredele/datastore

nodejs:

$ npm install datastore

bower(berk!):

$ bower install datastore-js

Datastore supports all mainstream browsers from IE8+. Supports IE7 with JSON polyfill.

Create a new store with the given data (Object or Array).

var Store = require('datastore');
var users = new Store([{
  name : 'eric'
},{
  name : 'olivier'
}]);

Set an attribute name with data object.

object store:

store.set('nickname','bredele');

array store:

store.set(0,{
  name : 'amy'
});

Emits change event with name, value, previous value.
Emits change name event with value, previous value.

Or update a store with an object of same type:

object store:

store.set({
  nickname: 'olivier',
  lastname: 'wietrich'
});

array store:

//update 0
store.set([{
  name: 'olivier',
  github: 'bredele'
}]);

Get an attribute name.

object store:

store.get('nickname');

array store:

store.get(0);

Delete a store attribute.

store.del('nickname');

Emits deleted event with name.
Emits deleted name event.

Listen events on Store.

store.on('change', function(name, val, previous) {
  ...
});

Loop over the store data (use looping underneath).

store.loop(function(key, value) {
  // do something
});

Compute store properties into a new property.

store.compute('id', function(){
  return this.nickname + this.firstname;
});

Compute listen for changes on the computed properties and update automatically the new property.

Format an attribute output in Store.

store.format('nickname', function(val) {
  return 'hello ' + val;
});

store.get('nickname'); //hello bredele

Pipe two stores.

//update child with store
store.pipe(child);

store.set('name', 'olivier');
child.get('name'); //olivier

Listen for changes and update both stores.

Reset store with data (Object or Array).

store.reset([]);

Emits change and/or deleted events.

Synchronize store with local storage.

store.local('mystore'); //reset with localstorage
...
store.local('mystore', true); //save in localstorage

Use middleware to extend store.

store.use(function(obj) {
  obj.save = function() {
    //send to server
  };
});
...
store.save();

See plugins

Here's a list of availaible plugins:

• mirror

to get real time updates from a store in server side.

  store.use(mirror('mychannel'));
  store.set('hello', 'world');

• path

to access nested data easily:

  store.path('country.canada'); //get
  store.path('country.canada.city', 'calgary');//set

• supplant

to create template engines on both client/server sides:

  store.filter('upper', function(str) {
    return str.toUpperCase();
  });
  store.supplant('my name is {{name} | upper}');

• queue

to queue events.

  store.queue('hello', 'world');
  store.on('hello', function(val) {
    //world
  });

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Olivier Wietrich [email protected]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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