Introduction to Foxx by our community member Iskandar Soesman @ikandars

1. Introduction to Foxx
A Javascript Framework for ArangoDB
By Iskandar Soesman @ikandars

2. About me
● VP engineering @ Kumparan
● Ex software architect @ detik
● Ex software engineer @ kompas
● Founder of Panada PHP
Framework
● Social science background but fall
in love in web tech
● @ikandars for Twitter, Facebook,
Github
● kandar.id for personal blog

3. The era of NoSQL:
Alternative approach
to store your data

4. MongoDB
First rank in DB-Engines
Ranking of Document
Stores

5. Features
MongoDB have great cool features
Replicaset
A way to get data
redundancy and high
availability
Sharding Schemaless
A way to distribute your
data across many servers
No need create your db
scheme in upfront
Document base
JSON like document type.
It easy to embed
subdocument

6. ● I need DB with all MongoDB
like features.
● I need DB with multi master
feature.
● I need NoSQL with built in
join feature.
● I need DB with built in Graph
feature.
● I need all those features in a
single DB vendor.
But why I move to other DB?

7. Introduce ArangoDB
Key-value
Json
Graph
Three major NoSQL data models in one open-source database

8. Wait, join in
NoSQL DB?

9. SQL Join
SELECT * FROM users
INNER JOIN friends
ON (friends.user = users.id);
AQL Join
FOR user IN users
FOR friend IN friends
FILTER friend.user ==
user._key
RETURN MERGE(user, friend)

10. ArangoDB
also have a
Foxx™
Embed your app within your DB server
Foxx™ is a JavaScript framework for writing
data-centric HTTP microservices that run
directly inside of ArangoDB
You can put any logic into our Google V8
powered JavaScript framework Foxx™ and
have full access to the functionality of
ArangoDB on C++ level.

11. Benefits
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12. Reduced
network
overhead
Because Foxx runs directly
inside of ArangoDB it lets
you bundle all the
database queries and logic
necessary to handle a
request in one place.

13. Common API
application
design
Client
API Application
Database

14. Foxx can make
your app closer
to your DB
Client
APP - Database

15. Unified data
storage logic
By moving the details of your data
access and storage logic inside the
database and providing a
consistent domain specific API to
clients, you can shield clients from
changes to your internal data
structures and know every client
will be accessing your database
using the same performance
optimized queries.

16. Familiar with
Express? You will
familiar with Foxx too

17. Express like route expression
router.get((req, res) => {
res.write(`
Hello :D
This is your database speaking.
`)
})

18. Express like route expression
router.get('/hello/:name', (req, res) => {
res.write(`Hello ${req.pathParams.name}!`)
})
.pathParam('name', joi.string().required())

19. Other features ● Automatic generated Swagger documentation
● Full-stack JavaScript
● Batteries included: JWT, job queue and bulit in
validation
● Infinitely extensible. You can use npm as you
would when using Node.js
● Integrate external services via built HTTP client

20. Thanks