Overview
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Migrating away from the legacy architecture of having json objects implemented into the front end source code as well as all image assets, we are proposing implementing a database to house the data contained within the json files and a REST API to transform and enable access to that data in an ingestible way for front end consumption.
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API Design
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ExpressJS framework was chosen because it is lightweight and has a very large community due to it’s popularity and age. Because ExpressJS is mostly unopinionated we have chosen to create a template following the the standard REST design patterns, MVC project structure and SOLID principals.
Database
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Engine
PostgreSQL databasing engine was chosen because it is open source and an enterprise ready sql engine. The data structures observed should be capable of being represented in a SQL table structure, which should provide easy maintenance, strict typing and sufficient retrieval speeds.
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