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In this course, you begin with an introduction to Ember.js, a JavaScript framework for building client-side applications.

After that, the course guides you through the steps of building a real application so that you can see how the concepts are applied in practice. You'll learn about the building blocks of Ember one by one, in a way that crushes the allegedly steep learning curve of the framework.

The application will get shinier (and/or more robust) with each chapter. By the end, we will have a decent app, and you'll have a great new skill you can add to your resume.

Developing Robust Ember.js Applications

Most apps in-the-wild talk to back-ends to retrieve and send data. So, it’d be a logical next step to make our app do the same. We’ll start by turning data fetches to hit a backend and will then do some refactoring to make it nicer and more manageable in the long run.

## The backend

Since this is a course on Ember.js, we can treat the API that sends data for the front-end application to consume as a black box. The API follows the JSON:API convention, a specification that became stable in May 2015. It is an anti-bikeshedding weapon because it lays down a standard way to send data back and forth, so teams no longer have to spend precious development time arguing over the minutiae of API design.

Beyond the core functionalities of an API, JSON:API also deals with relationships, sparse fieldsets, included resources, pagination, and so on. It is a fantastic tool to work with. If you are starting a project today, try using it.

The API is available at http://json-api.rockandrollwithemberjs.com.

It's very important to point out that Ember doesn't require the backend to adhere to any specific convention or be written in any specific language. It can work with JSON:API, your home-rolled slightly RESTy PHP API, or GraphQL.

Ember-CLI has a command line `proxy` option that makes it a cinch to connect to remote back-ends. If given, all network requests are proxied to the given host. This means we have to start our server differently from now on using following command:

```shell
ember s --proxy=http://json-api.rockandrollwithemberjs.com
```

Let's try this in the [next lesson](https://www.educative.io/collection/page/10370001/4603037207756800/4609970539069440).

# The backend

Since this is a course on Ember.js, we can treat the API that sends data for the front-end application to consume as a black box. The API follows the JSON:API convention, a specification that became stable in May 2015. It is an anti-bikeshedding weapon because it lays down a standard way to send data back and forth, so teams no longer have to spend precious development time arguing over the minutiae of API design.

Beyond the core functionalities of an API, JSON:API also deals with relationships, sparse fieldsets, included resources, pagination, and so on. It is a fantastic tool to work with. If you are starting a project today, try using it.

The API is available at http://json-api.rockandrollwithemberjs.com.

It's very important to point out that Ember doesn't require the backend to adhere to any specific convention or be written in any specific language. It can work with JSON:API, your home-rolled slightly RESTy PHP API, or GraphQL.

Ember-CLI has a command line `proxy` option that makes it a cinch to connect to remote back-ends. If given, all network requests are proxied to the given host. This means we have to start our server differently from now on using following command:

```shell
ember s --proxy=http://json-api.rockandrollwithemberjs.com
```

Let's try this in the [next lesson](https://www.educative.io/collection/page/10370001/4603037207756800/4609970539069440).

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use an API as a backend in Ember.js.

Course Overview

Getting Started with Ember

Templates and Data Bindings

Routing

Nested Routes

Components

Controllers

Building a Catalog

Talking to a Backend

Advanced Routing

Testing

Query Params

Loading and Error Substates

Helpers

Conclusion

Appendix

Using an API

Tuning

The backend