Node for API

[kratsg]

Restify itself: http://restify.com/

• semantic versioning in API urls: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21365693/restify-api-version-in-url
• winston for async logging: https://github.com/winstonjs/winston
• SO that inspired it all: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26040329/how-do-you-handle-api-version-in-a-node-express-app

Blogs on example:

• https://cdnjs.com/libraries/backbone.js/tutorials/nodejs-restify-mongodb-mongoose
• https://getstream.io/blog/depth-guide-building-rest-api-node-js-restify-mongodb/

[kratsg]

I decided to use Bunyan instead of Winston -- this was an excellent blog post: https://strongloop.com/strongblog/compare-node-js-logging-winston-bunyan/