“My recommendation: If your objective is to develop a frontend against a realistic API, where users can create, edit, retrieve, and delete records and immediately see those changes reflected in subsequent requests, Mockoon is a very good choice.”
+ Built-in CRUD support
“Mockoon automatically generates REST endpoints when you configure a CRUD route.”
+ Cross-request state sharing
“The state is shared across requests and routes.”
+ Templating helpers for data manipulation
“Mockoon also provides templating helpers for manipulating data buckets programmatically.”
+ Basic CRUD workflows
“Basic CRUD workflows Excellent”
+ Cross-request state
“Cross-request state Excellent”
+ Custom business logic
“Custom business logic Good”
− Durable data persistence
“State survives server restart | No, by default”
− Complex database simulation
“Complex database simulation Limited”
− Durable data persistence not built in
“Durable data persistence Not built in”
− No real database persistence
“State persisted to a real database | No”
− Requires implementing complex business rules and validation
“Complex business rules and validation.”
− No database constraints and unique indexes
“Database constraints and unique indexes.”
− No relational data integrity and foreign keys
“Relational data integrity and foreign keys.”
− No transactions and rollback
“Transactions and rollback.”
− No authentication and authorization logic
“Authentication and authorization logic.”