Call For Contribution Express ACL (Constable)

[nyambati]

Express ACL (Constable)

Description

Express ACL is an open-source library that enables you to seamlesy implement Access Control Lists in ExpressJs based applications. This library abstract the logic to protecting your resources by using configuratin approach using YAML or JSON vs programatic approach with will require you to write countless middlewares. Have a look at our documentation and wiki for more details.

Team Members

This project consist of the following Members.

Members	GitHub usernames	Roles
Nyambati Thomas	@andela-thomas	Team Lead
Obioma Ofoamalu	@andela-oofoamalu	Contributor
Austin Kabiru	@akabiru	Documentation
Bisoye Atolagbe	@andela-batolagbe	Contributor
Tolulope Komolafe	@andela-tkomolafe	Contributor

See Our Progress

• Github Repository .
• Documentation.
• Npm Package.
• TravisCI.

• Codacy.

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  Choice of Technology

Our workflow uses the following Technologies and libraries.

Runtime

• Nodejs (4.6.0).
• ExpressJs Framework.

  Functionality Packages

• js-yaml.
• express-unless.
• lodash.

Development and testing

• Gulp.
• Docker.
• Mocha.
• Chai.
• Codacy.
• Travis

  What we need help with

• Participate in expanding the documentation
• Pick up new issues
• Evangilise the project via Blogs etc
• participate in building guides and prerequisuitues and resource that on needs to understand an use these module effectively
• Building a community and help in making these solution better.

  Why you should work with us

This project leverages ExpressJs Framework middlewares architecture to deliver an efficient way to do resources management in your ExpressJs applications. It abstracts the process of defining Access restrictions to your resources and lets you concetrate on Building your applications features.

Working on these project will provide you with a unique oppoturnity to gain a deeper understanding on the undelying Functionality of the Express Framework and how you leverage it middleware architecture to add security layers for your application.

Below are some of the skills you will learn from our Team

• API design and architecture.
• API security and resource management.
• Art of writing usefull Documentation.

  Join our Team

If you are interested in Joining our team add comment on these issue and I will reach out to you.

[daumie]

Currently using the MEAN stack and will be interested to be part of and/or learn more.

[nyambati]

@daumie Glad to know you are interested, I will recommend you go through the codebase, documentation and wiki ti get you up to speed. At the moment I am working on adding more information. For more information you can reach via mail.