support question: openapid/waterwheel vs jsonapi?

[laurencefass]

what are the similarities and differences between openapi/waterwheel and jsonapi in drupal? what are the use cases for each and how would i decide which to use? thanks.

[richgerdes]

To elaborate on #71, Whaterwheel is designed to use OpenApi to discover endpoints provided by the JsonApi and Drupal Core REST modules. JsonApi follow the JsonAPI specs for allowing interaction with resources, while OpenApi provides a list of resources (see #71) that are available on the site.

[laurencefass]

ok that's great.

thank you for your feedback and your time.

[laurencefass]

thank you again for your time.

so i may understand motivations for waterwheel in greater detail may I ask:

1. what benefits does it offer the JS developer that openapi and jsonapi used together do not?
2. what problem was it initially conceived/designed it solve?
3. is there a release roadmap for waterwheel.js or is it completed?