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What is Game Sparks?

What is Game Sparks?
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Mobile gaming is becoming an increasingly popular niche. And most amazingly, now you can find tons of solutions which are meant to back your mobile gaming solutions with ease. Here we have an in-dept analysis of a most sparkling games BaaS solution which is essential for you to know.

Key Takeaways

  • AWS will retire Gamesparks on March 31, 2022
  • New games will be disabled
  • Migration other services needs to happen before September 30, 2022

What is Heroku? Secrets unlocked…

What is Heroku? Secrets unlocked…
What is Heroku

This article will provide an in-depth analysis of Heroku, its significant advantages & disadvantages, pricing structure, and core features. It will also cover the differences between using Heroku vs. AWS and highlight the key Heroku alternatives.

Platform as a Service options help businesses create and manage high-performance applications. A reliable PaaS can help developers achieve streamlined API development and perform effortless database, IoT, communications, and process management. ​

Heroku is now regarded as one of the most reliable platforms as a service offering for businesses of all sizes. Look at this popular platform’s features, benefits, and limitations below.


Web Data Scraping using Parse

Web Data Scraping using Parse

After we published our open database for Coronavirus COVID-19, which is based on Wikipedia’s data, some people started asking how we collected data in an automated fashion. This article will teach you how to write a data scraper (or data collector, data miner, etc) in Back4app using Cloud Code Functions that will automatically collect content from a given URL, filter the important data and store it in Parse.


Firebase vs Amplify | What are differences?

Firebase vs Amplify | What are differences?
Firebase vs Amplify

Technology is advancing at a fast pace rate, and mobile technology is arguably the pacesetter of this revolution. Mobile app users are consistently demanding the latest features on their devices and apps. This demand for novel features puts developers under pressure. They need to roll out features and updates faster than ever to remain competitive in a consumer-centered market.  With the advent of backend service, developers can now update apps and add innovative features without any hassles.  This article analyses Firebase vs. AWS Amplify; these two platforms are among the leading backend platforms in the world today.


Heroku vs. Parse |What are the differences?

Heroku vs. Parse |What are the differences?
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In 2020, Heroku and Parse are two great platforms to speedup application development. Reading this article, you will understand the differences between these two platforms.

With the increase in the needs of developing the application and websites, it is becoming difficult for the people to manage the technical aspect of these applications alongside the maintenance of their content. It is owing to the reason that the need for continuous changes and the up-gradation of the data has increases.

This stress of development of the applications and the maintenance of all technical activities has become easier with the innovation of the clouding platforms, which develop and run the applications and provide more time to the users to work on creative side rather than the worry of maintaining the functioning of the technical work.


Firebase vs. DigitalOcean

Firebase vs. DigitalOcean
Firebase vs DigitalOcean

This is a digital age, and everything is digitalized. Today, business is done with the help of technology. So, to increase ease and make your business successful, the use of mobile applications is essential. Over time, everyone tries to improve everything that has been invented with the help of technology. 

Today, everyone is a smartphone user, and this motivates them to develop apps and websites that are android friendly. To make them efficient and 100% responsive, they use a variety of tools, software, and other techniques. 

aIt is incredible for the majority of the people that they use modern technology in the designing of the apps. Today, nothing is possible without cloud services. Cloud hosting, cloud computing, cloud data backup, and many more. Learn more about innovative tools in the comparison of both under.


Heroku vs DigitalOcean

Heroku vs DigitalOcean
heroku vs digital ocean

The advancement in technology has seen developers migrating both applications and their development platforms to the cloud. The reason is simple, these cloud development platform, often called backend as a service, makes the procedure of application development faster and less stressful.  This article focuses on Heroku vs DigitalOcean. These two platforms are among the top cloud service providers at present. The focus of comparing Heroku vs DigitalOcean is to help developers make an informed decision when selecting a platform for their next app project.

Before we delve into the comparison, let’s make a brief overview of the Heroku and DigitalOcean. 


Firebase vs. AWS Amplify

Firebase vs. AWS Amplify
aws amplify vs google firebase

We are living in a fast-moving world that is driven by technology and the ever-increasing demands of tech-savvy consumers. For instance, mobile users are requesting novel features that make use of the latest technology in their devices and apps. Many users want their apps to have social media integration, cloud storage, secure data management, and much more. 

The increase in the demands of users takes a toll on developers who are finding it increasingly challenging to manage development tasks.  That is why the advent of backend service provides great relief for developers through features that expedite development tasks. Two of the top backend services are Firebase and AWS Amplify. In this article, we shall be taking a close look at Firebase vs. AWS Amplify.


Best Parse Server Hosting

Best Parse Server Hosting
Best Parse Server Hosting

What is Parse?

Parse is currently one of the top open-source frameworks that drive application backend. It helps developers carry out complicated programming assignments easily and quickly.  Parse has enjoyed massive support from its vibrant community since the platform became opensource in 2016. Rather than managing a self-hosted Parse server, many developers are choosing to use managed Parse Server option, so they won’t have to mess with backend tasks at all.


How to Build a Video Chat App

How to Build a Video Chat App

Just the other day I came across this awesome Twilio tutorial by Phil Nash explaining how to make a Video Chat using React Hooks, so I decided to run it in Back4app because it is free, it is awesome and can be integrated with Parse, so I could have free web hosting (free back4app subdomain included), host my App and use real-time data delivery to include chat features in the future.
This post is a walkthrough of what I did to get it working.


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