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Jschema.js is a framework for modeling data in JavaScript

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I feel like this was written because it solved someone's problem, but I can't quite figure out what, or if it would solve any of my problems.

What is this for? Talking to a REST API? Serializing and de-serializing data? Acting as an in-memory DB? What library does it compete with?

They have a "How to Use" in the README. Needs a "Why to Use" too.

Reading through some of these comments I agree: It is probably a good idea to add in a 'why to use' section on the repo. The purpose behind this was that I found it cumbersome to work with dataets in JavaScript so this framework lets you pull them into a schema that has metadata to handle relationships between tables, aggregation methods, sorting and filtering. As for competing frameworks: I have seen some of this in other larger frameworks but I build this out so I can work with data in JS without pulling in monolithic data visualization libraries.

I don't understand why I need this -- think about selling it more clearly on the Github page.

I'll work on that. Sometimes it is tough to convey it since it is clear in my head that it may not be as clear to others.

I can see a use case in my current work. We're building a dashboard visualisation for our product.

I'm writing the REST API backend for it - and trying to make that API as easy to easy to use for the front end (inhouse customer) as I can. However, I'm finding that I'm writing a lot of endpoints that are variations on the same data.

We will circle around, identify the common patterns/variations and consolidate a bunch of the code. But something like this, that facilitates sorting, grouping and filtering on the front end, could be useful.

I initially thought this had something to do with JSON schema -- I'd consider making the name more descriptive / less generic

reminded me of https://github.com/tonsky/datascript

It shares some ideas.

Maybe an example schema on the readme would help

Working on some examples.

Is there a demo?

I'll be working on one. Probably after I get through building out the mocha scripts and getting in a few modifications to the functions.

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