Continuing the URL shortener sample from thesse post: part I and part II, I'll go from (stupidly) storing the shortened URLs in a static variable, as was the case in the code in part I, to storing the shortened URLs in MongoDB. The reasons for choosing MongoDB for persistence in this sample (compared to the "traditional" NHibernate + SQL Server approach) are:
In summary, Mongo is a nice frictionless option for this sample.
Enough
- We will only store and retrieve one document at a time. Those are atomic operations in Mongo, so as far as this sample goes Mongo is fully consistent.
- Mongo is simple to setup, and very simple to code against. For instance there is no O/R mapping layer at all.
In summary, Mongo is a nice frictionless option for this sample.
Enough
In the last post I introduced a litte sample web app coded up with the Nancy web framework. The code presented in that post left a few things open for later enhancement. This post takes a stab one of those things: The part where a string.Format is used to create a bit of html, which is then just returned directly to the client, namely the POST action in this code:
This post is about a low ceremony approach to web apps in .NET. It's about just writting the app, without the framework getting in the way. It's about the same sort of feeling that Mogens Heller Grabe talks about with his notion of frictionless persistence with MongoDB. Only here it's about the web part.
I'll take you through a short and simple URL shortener sample app done with the Nancy web framework. A couple of more posts will probably follow on the subjects of view engines, persistence and hosting for this app. Also with an eye on low ceromony and frictionsless development.
What is Nancy?
Nancy is a lightweight open source web framework in .NET. It has a declared goal of
3 using System.Collections.Generic;
4 using Nancy;
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6 public class ShortUrlModule : NancyModule
7 {
8 private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> urlMap = new Read more...
This post is about a low ceremony approach to web apps in .NET. It's about just writting the app, without the framework getting in the way. It's about the same sort of feeling that Mogens Heller Grabe talks about with his notion of frictionless persistence with MongoDB. Only here it's about the web part.
I'll take you through a short and simple URL shortener sample app done with the Nancy web framework. A couple of more posts will probably follow on the subjects of view engines, persistence and hosting for this app. Also with an eye on low ceromony and frictionsless development.
What is Nancy?
Nancy is a lightweight open source web framework in .NET. It has a declared goal of