IDEA! Have a Lotus example app repo

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Sometimes people want docs, sometimes they just want to see how to write best practice code.

How about an example app in Github that matches the documentation. i.e. The Bookshelf

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Sounds like a great Idea.

It should cover some of the FAQ from gitter chat:

  • API (JSON) best practices
  • Auth
  • Testing
  • ?

Perhaps something which is more real-live than bookshelf?

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I hacked out an example for a JSON API. Needs a lot more for it to be an education resource, though: https://github.com/baob/sandbox-lotus-json-api

Feel free to give me feedback as github issues if this looks like being a basis for something useful.

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I reckon something that matches the documentation is best. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a bookstore. It’s pretty arbitrary anyway.

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I wouldn’t suggest my repo as a replacement for a full-blown lotus example. However there were two or three people in the giitter room (myself included) who wanted to see a worked example for a JSON API. I’d be happy to put in some work on that (wether starting with the repo I offered or not).

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Ok, I’d like to suggest an argument against the idea of having an official example app.

In a framework that’s supposed to encourage flexibility and choosing your own approach, doing this would be tantamount to prescribing the way an application should b built, rather than just being a suggestion. Other developers would likely follow it verbatim.

I would probably be better to have unofficial example apps, and then maybe a wiki page on Github or in the guide listing some examples. Ideally a selection of examples taking different approaches.