## What is jDrupal? > A simple Vanilla JavaScript Library and API. ## What is jDrupal used for? > Drupal 8 Application Development. ## What kind of apps? > A variety of application architectures, including... - Mobile Applications (Android, iOS, etc) - Web Applications - Headless Drupal / Decoupled Drupal - [PhoneGap](http://phonegap.com/) ([Cordova](https://cordova.apache.org/)) ## jDrupal... - solves many common development needs for Drupal based applications. - provides a familiar Drupal coding experience and syntax for developers. - runs alongside any frontend client side framework, or with no framework at all. - utilizes JavaScript prototypes and promises. Since jDrupal has no dependencies and is written in pure JavaScript, it can be used in a wide variety of architectures and frameworks. Just include it in the `` of your app's `index.html` file: ``` ``` ## Quick Examples ``` // Connect to Drupal and say hello to the current user. jDrupal.connect().then(function() { var user = jDrupal.currentUser(); var msg = user.isAuthenticated() ? 'Hello ' + user.getAccountName() : 'Hello World'; alert(msg); }); ``` ``` // Load a node and display the title. jDrupal.nodeLoad(123).then(function(node) { alert(node.getTitle()); }); ``` ``` // Login and show the user their id. jDrupal.userLogin('bob', 'secret').then(function() { alert(jDrupal.currentUser().id()); }); ``` ``` // Get results from a view and print the node ids to the console. jDrupal.viewsLoad('my-view-url').then(function(view) { var results = view.getResults(); for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i ++) { var node = new jDrupal.Node(results[i]); console.log('node id: ' + node.id()); } }); ``` ## Getting Started - [Hello World](http://jdrupal.tylerfrankenstein.com/8/docs/Hello_World) > jDrupal is best friends with [DrupalGap](http://drupalgap.org), the open source application development kit for Drupal websites.