Wappler 7 Beta Node.js Question

[brad]

I noticed on Node.js projects when you select the App level in the structure panel there is a tool to add Server Side Data in the properties panel?

As this is the code that is selected:

<!-- Wappler include head-page="layouts/main" fontawesome_5="cdn" bootstrap5="local" is="dmx-app" id="index" appConnect="local" components="{dmxBrowser:{},dmxAnimateCSS:{},dmxBootstrap5Navigation:{}}" -->

When would you use this or is it suppose to be there?

Edit: So for fun I added a server connect to see what would happen? I got alerts saying it was added but can't see any change to the code? Where does it add the server connect?

[brad]

And when you add a SC, the alert that pops up says the routes have been updated and uploaded?

[franse]

Hello Brad!
I think that consumes a server action if needed.

For example this, where we can restrict the page:

Applying Security to your NodeJS pages

You can apply security to your pages and redirect users who are not logged in or have no permissions to view a specific page. Security Protection with NodeJS Security Provider setup with NodeJS is similar to what you are used to do for the other server models (PHP / ASP / ASP.NET), the different in the workflow is the way you restrict access on the pages. For PHP, ASP and ASP.NET you would do this using the Security Enforcer on the page, while with NodeJS you apply the restrictions on the Ser…

[brad]

Hmmm, ok makes sense, so where does the code get added and why does it say routes have been uploaded and saved?

[franse]

@brad

so where does the code get added

You can see it on app/config/routes.json

[franse]

Here's another example:

Sever Side Rendering with NodeJS

In this update you can use full Server Side data rendering for NodeJS! Your NodeJS template based web sites can fully empower now Server Connect for dynamic Server Side Data Rendering! What is Server Side Rendering Server side rendering is great for sharing content on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others which can’t read dynamic javascript content. The specific meta tags for each platform, as well as the general ones like title, description, author etc. can be rendered on th…

[Cheese]

@brad

When would you use this or is it suppose to be there?

Also within the Layout page you can use this to populate Dynamic Meta items for the head content. But be sure to select Page and not Body in the App Root.

[ben]

Comes back to a question that I posed many moons ago: Why not set it on the page to start off with and not have a choice of page and body?

This will avoid confusion for newcomers.