Speed up app development with prefabricated, extensible, open-source backends
summary
Claim is that using prefabricated open source backends cuts boilerplate and gets apps running from browser to DB with no server code by default Horizon built on RethinkDB exposes changefeeds as observable streams so the stack pushes updates end to end and supports complex queries and joins client side It scales to tens of thousands of streams per node with real use cases like NASA suit telemetry Horizon is extensible via node plugins and aims to be an open-source firebase alternative
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 9:59What does it take to build a modern app?
- 10:58How developers build JavaScript apps
- 14:15What is Horizon?
- 15:09The Horizon stack
- 16:08Dependencies and installation
- 16:19Horizon project structure
- 16:39Horizon API
- 21:51Horizon features
- 22:58Get involved
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