Arch demo

bootstrap.js

// bootstrap starts the server, does shit

module.exports = function (app) {
  var routes = readdirSync("/routes");
  routes.forEach(function (name) {
    require("/routes/" + name)(app);
  });
  // MOAR bootstrap
  // init database connections
  // configure server

  app.listen(process.env.PORT);
}

data x.js

// data object talks to database

var db = require("db");

module.exports = {
  store: function () {
    // store in db
  }
};

domain x.js

// domain object does domain logic >_<

var data = require("../data/x.js");

function sanitize(..) {

}

var X = function (data) {

};

X.prototype.foo = ...

module.exports = {
  create: function (data, cb) {
    var data = sanitize(data);
    data.store(data, function (err, result) {
       cb(X(result));
    });
  }
}

index.js

// index is tiny

var bootstrap = require("bootstrap"),
    app = require("socket.io");

bootstrap(app);

routes a.js

// Router takes incoming requests and puts them through wrappers
// It either sends info to data/domain or asks for information from data/domain
// it  then puts them through the view layer before sending back to client

var x = require("../domain/x.js"),
    view = require("../view/x.js");

module.exports = function (app) {
  app.on("a", function (data) {
    if (data.method === "POST") {
      x.create(data.data, function (obj) {
        app.emit("a", { 
          type: "create",
          obj: view.create(obj)
        });
      });
    }
    // yada yada
  });
};

view x.js

// views transform data objects or domain objects into data that you want to send to clients. 
// Use this to remove properties clients don't care about and minimize bandwidth
// Also use this to transform data objects into objects clients want to consume

module.exports = {
  create: function (x) {
    var o = {};
    o["care about"] = x["care about"];
    ...
 
    return o;
  }
}