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OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Its great ability to “understand” and answer questions has made it useful in a number of fields, especially in software development.
In this article, we will explore what ChatGPT is, how it works, and its potential applications in software development. By the end of this article, you’ll be able to effectively prompt ChatGPT and use it to build simple applications.
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In recent years GraphQL has become a popular choice for building complex APIs. This is because it eliminates some of the limitations of traditional REST APIs and makes your API more flexible and efficient.
In this article, we’ll discuss GraphQL, its advantages and disadvantages, key GraphQL terminology, and compare GraphQL APIs to REST APIs. On top of that, we’ll teach you how to build your own GraphQL API on Back4app and connect to it from a Next.js frontend.
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Push notifications are a powerful communication channel that was introduced by Apple in 2009. Since then they’ve skyrocketed in popularity and become an essential part of most marketing campaigns. Notifications can be used to drive engagement, increase app usage, influence conversions, and more!
In this article, we’ll learn about push notifications, their benefits, use cases, types of notifications, and their do’s and don’ts. On top of that, we’ll look at how to send push notifications to Android devices using Back4app — one of the best mBaaS providers.
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In this article, we’ll talk about serverless computing, various software architectures, serverless functions, their benefits, and use cases. In the second part of the article, we’ll learn how to build a serverless backend on Back4app using Cloud Code functions.
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Docker has revolutionized the way software is developed, tested, and deployed. It eliminated many of the common problems of software deployment such as compatibility issues and environmental differences between development and production environments.
In this article, we’ll explore the process of deploying a Docker container to a production environment. We’ll talk about containers, Docker, the benefits of using Docker, and its deployment options. Lastly, we’ll demonstrate how to build, dockerize and deploy a Next.js app to Back4app Containers — for absolutely free!
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Ever since Docker hit the scene in 2013 containers have been exploding in popularity. A lot of companies have already integrated containers into their workflows because it allows them to easily deploy, distribute, manage, and scale their software.
In this article, we’ll explain what are containers in cloud computing. We’ll talk about the benefits of using containers, their use cases, compare them to virtual machines, and look at Docker and Kubernetes. Lastly, we’ll teach you how to code, dockerize and deploy a web application to Back4app Containers — for absolutely free!
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Authentication is one of the most important security measures of every application.
In this article, we’ll talk about authentication, authentication types, compare authentication to authorization and demonstrate how to integrate Firebase Authentication and Back4app Authentication with a React app.
Read More In this article, you’ll learn what a backend for a mobile app is and everything you need to know to build your backend.
We’ll look at the differences between a backend and a frontend, different backend types, learn about mobile backend functionalities and costs to develop a backend.
Lastly, we’ll learn how to build a backend for a simple mobile application on Back4app — one of the best MBaaS providers.
Read More In this article, we’ll explain how to deploy a Node JS application. We’ll talk about Node’s advantages and disadvantages, and deployment options — including IaaS, PaaS & BaaS. Lastly, we’ll deploy a Node application to Back4app.
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