skysail...
...is: a modular, domain-centric and RESTful BaaS (Backend as a Service)
(That you can host yourself)
The overall goal of skysail is to provide you with an environment where you can create typical backend logic in a generic, quick way with as little dependencies as possible. This makes skysail suited for prototypes, first of all, but I hope that this approach - even if generic - is good enough for production ready applications as well.
Typical backend logic covered by skysail:
- Authentication / Authorization
- Security aspects (like injections)
- Configuration
- Validation
- Documentation
- Persistence
We have some more things skysail could help you with:
- User Management
- HTML Rendering (Template Engine)
- Generic Client GUI
- Prototyping
- and - calling other APIs
A skysail backend does not only serve JSON to be used by some client, it creates a generic web GUI so that you can actually use and validate your implementation directly with a browser.
Please check this site for the current implementation status of the above features.
Now, let's explain the main buzz-words from the definition above:
Modularity
skysail is a collection of OSGi bundles, depending on other bundles, and defining an API for domains like authentication, security, persistence and so on. If some API implementation does not fulfil your needs, it is easy to replace it with your own implementation.
Domain-Centric
skysail lets you concentrate on your business (or domain) logic. Http Server, database, configuration setup and the like are already there. Just use them. Or replace them with an implementation more suited for your needs.
RESTful
skysail concentrates on the backend and tries to stick to RESTful principles.
BaaS
skysail is a Backend-as-a-Service.
Self-Hosting
The difference to many other BaaS, you can download and run skysail on your own machines.