Old thoughts on improving model system

[twolfson]

_Latest thoughts are more along the lines of 'use backbone or something more well formed'_

Models/data should be:

Smart; Does not fetch what is already known and binds to old data seamlessly
Flexible; Stops at the proper depth
Powerful/Robust; Can return many many entries and store to proper places

First few ideas to acheive this:

Send out wanted pieces as part of Socket.io request
Return an object with keys for pieces (e.g. locations: [], users: [], users/pets: []) – by always returning an object we can start handling errors better
All requests proxy through a common function and all models have exposed id's so that requests can get the current ids from each model
This also solves a 'session expiration' error since we can globally pop up a modal for 'log back in'

[twolfson]

Even more old thoughts

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I need something that:

• When a request is made and ids are provided
  • Instead of client-side logic to make a second server request (for filling out content for id'd items)
  • Server should aggregate extra data for me
    • This needs to be smart and omniscient
    • Additionally, if all I need is an id then I won't go full recursive
  • If client has all vendors in memory, server should not make extra lookups as client will integrate seamlessly