I am thinking of using node.js as a gateway. I want to implement several frontends (browser, apps etc.) which get served by node.js with data over websockets. Node.js cannot fetch this data directly from a database but node.js should get it from a backend through an interface which makes it easy to replace the backend. So I was thinking of using a restful layer or a publish /subscribe protocol like MQTT as interface.
Ok ... question: Is this a good idea? Can node.js act as a gateway and what modules do you recommend for such a purpose?
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