Creating a server backend

One of the things our CMS is still missing is public, persistent pages. So far, we stored them in local storage, and that's OK while we build up our CMS components. But a time will come when we would want to share our data with the world.

For this to work, we need some storage mechanism. Even if that storage is only in memory for as long as the server is running. Sure, we could use a relational database or an object store to persist our CMS pages. For now, let's keep things simple. An in-memory store (pages variable) should do for now.

So, how should we structure this data store? Whatever storage medium we choose, the interface will need to reach out to the server to store and retrieve data. There are two mainstream options I want to explore...