Netflix JavaScript library for efficient data fetching.
Falcor lets you represent all your remote data sources as a single domain model via a virtual JSON graph.
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What is the difference between Falcor and GraphQL?
GraphQL consists of a type system, query language and execution
semantics, static validation, and type introspection, each outlined
below. To guide you through each of these components, we've written an
example designed to illustrate the…
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Falcor with java backend server
I recently started looking into the falcor library from Netflix and trying a proof of concept based on our data.
I have been looking at this library with some interest and although there are tons of examples of configuring and working with routes on…
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What is the role of falcor in a microservice architecture?
Say we have following taxi-hailing application that is composed of loosely coupled microservices:
The example is taken from https://www.nginx.com/blog/introduction-to-microservices/
Each services has its own rest api and all services are combined…
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Why can't I return an object in a Falcor router response?
If I use the example in the README on netflix/falcor, this works:
return {path:['greeting'], value: 'Hello World'};
But if I try to change the value to an object:
return {path:['greeting'], value: {hello: 'Hello World'}};
It doesn't seem to work.…
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How to structure falcor router to get all available IDs?
I'm experimenting with using Falcor to front the Guild Wars 2 API and want to use it to show game item details. I'm especially interested in building a router that can use multiple datasources to combine the results of different APIs.
The catch is,…
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I need Falcor's `call` method explained; or a good example?
Is there a good detailed explanation or usage example anywhere of Falcor's call method?
I'm struggling to understand Falcor's call method. I understand the first to arguments (functionPath and args), but I'm clueless on what the last two arguments…
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In Falcor how to work with database?
I am new to falcor data fetching framework. I tried with few example when I request for something like
model.get(["contacts", {0..2}, "name"])
.then(response => {
this.state.list = response.json.contacts;
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Netflix Falcor working together with Immutable.js?
I read about immutable.js, and the performance benefits it can give you in your react applications by implementing shouldComponentUpdate() that checks if the props or state has changed.
Also, I'd want to use Netflix Falcor in my application, is it…
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Using falcor to retrieve the value of a "node" rather than a "leaf"
For example, with the following code, I can retrieve a value for "leaf" c from a Falcor model
var model = new falcor.Model({ cache: { a: { b: { c: 'hi!'}}} })
model.getValue('a.b.c').then(val => console.log(val));
However, I'm interested in how to…
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How to present sort order-by query in Falcor?
Suppose the model is structured as
{
events: [
{
date: '2016-06-01',
name: 'Children Day'
},
{
date: '2016-01-01',
name: 'New Year Day'
},
{
date: '2016-12-25',
…
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How to structure a multi-parameter search in Falcor
What are the best practices in constructing search paths for Falcor queries?
Here an example from a Staffing domain where a staffing coordinator is trying to staff people for project needs:
A need has startDate and an endDate - both are simple…
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Falcor Router Observable
Having trouble using the Observable in my route. The router is not sending the pathValue to the client. What am I doing wrong?
{
route: 'starshipsById[{integers:starshipIds}][{keys:props}]',
get: (pathSet) =>…
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falcor: Subscribe to model changes?
Is it possible to subscribe to model changes, i.e. suppose I want to get('todos[0]["completed"]').subscribe(//render function) and after setValue('todos[0]["completed"]', true) model emits new data and render function is invoked with this new data?…
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React Rxjs with Falcor or Relay
I have been playing with ReactiveX for a bit and really like the approach. I have also been following Relay and Falcor for a while and understand the advantages of declarative data fetching.
I have seen people integrating react, redux with falcor,…
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Is Falcor suitable for dynamic data applications?
I went through the online Falcor videos and tutorials and it sounds very interesting. I am trying to determine if this would be a good fit for our application needs. Somewhere in the presentation I heard that it is very well suited for fairly static…
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