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Preload data in Ember: Fixture vs REST adapter

I have a fairly complicated Ember.js object that I'd like to send with the initial HTML/javascript when the page loads (to avoid a separate trip to the server), but then allow the user to modify it.

So I know how to set up FIXTURE data which is there directly, and I know how to set up the RESTAdapter so I can load/save to the server... can I do both?

It seems like the store gets set up once, for one or the other. Can I have multiple stores, for one data source?

Thanks!

Solution

  • Regardless of which adapter you use, you can always load data directly into the store. For example,

    App.Store = DS.Store.extend({
    init: function() {
        this._super();
        this.load(App.Post, {
            id: 1,
            text: 'Initial post.'
        });
    }
});

App.Post = DS.Model.extend({
  text: DS.attr('string')
});

    For a complete example, see this jsfiddle.