Use

The can-connect/can/super-map module exports a helper function that creates a connection with the "advanced" behaviors in can-connect and hooks it up to a can-define/map/map and can-define/list/list.

If you are using CanJS, this is an easy way to create a connection that can be useful and fast in most circumstances.

To use it, first define a Map and List constructor function:

import DefineMap from "can-define/map/map";
import DefineList from "can-define/list/list";

const Todo = DefineMap.extend( {
    _id: {identity: true, type: "number"},
    /* ... */
} );
const TodoList = DefineList.extend( {
    "#": Todo
} );

Next, call superMap with all of the options needed by the behaviors that superMap adds:

var todoConnection = superMap({
  Map: Todo,
  List: TodoList,
  url: "/services/todos",
  name: "todo"
});

can/map adds CRUD methods to the Map option, you can use those to create, read, update and destroy todos:

Todo.getList({}).then(function(todos){ ... });
Todo.get({}).then(function(todo){ ... });

new Todo({name: "dishes"}).save().then(function(todo){
  todo.set({
      name: "Do the dishes"
    })
    .save()
    .then(function(todo){
      todo.destroy();
    });
});