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Ramesh Lal

How to Build a Car Rental App Like Turo

In the sharing economy, the Peer-to-Peer car rental app, Turo, is quite popular. It was first launched as RelayRides in 2010 and then got rebranded in 2015. Today, Turo provides car rental services in over 7500 cities in the UK, USA and Canada.

On the Turo app, car owners lend their spare cars and earn some money for the rental duration. In the entire transaction, there’s also a commission for Turo, which is its primary source of revenue generation. It also has several other channels in its revenue model, which we will be discussing later in this blog. 


Patrick

Best Microservices Frameworks for Development

Today, the chief way for any business to reach out to its audience is via an application. Though there are various methods to make an app, why do you think 10% fail? As per CBInsights, 10% of startups fail due to a mistimed product.

Among the various other reasons, one is the slow development process! And this slow development process is encouraged by development tools that do not support developers in terms of speed. Solution? You guessed it right, microservices frameworks.

You see, the monolithic architecture used before slowed down the developers as the app was coded as one unit, top to bottom. The encapsulation of all the essential units of an app made it tough for developers to maintain, upgrade, and debug it. Hence, it led to slowing down and complications in the development process. However, microservices architecture has resolved all these issues.

As per stats, around 85% of the respondents from large organizations state that they use microservices. As the use of microservices is elevating and market competition is cut-throat, it is imperative for software developers to choose the best microservices framework.

Here in this article, we will highlight some of the best microservices frameworks for your business.


Harvey Leo

Python vs ReactJS – Which is the best?

Developers are always looking for ways to improve their development workflow. At the same time, they want to be able to do it in a way that isn’t too time-consuming and complicated.

In this blog post, we’ll discuss a few different approaches you can take when deciding whether or not you should use Python or ReactJs for your next app.


Diana Harris

How to prepare images for a web developer?

Based on the research conducted by WebFX specialists, people tend to leave a website if it loads longer than 3 seconds. Moreover, the speed of image loading has a direct impact on the position of a platform in Google results and the ranking of other search engines. 

Therefore, before adding a photo to a site, you need to learn all the intricacies of the process and figure out how to prepare images for a web developer, who is responsible for their representation on the net. 

When it comes to optimizing images for the web, we need to take 3 core steps – make photos look good, expedite their loading, and help search engines instantly locate our pictures. So, before sending photos to a web developer, ascertain they are of high quality, and have proper resolution, size & format.  


Gilad David Maayan

Parse Security: Securing Your Open Source App Stack

What Is Parse?

Parse is the most commonly used open source framework for developing application backends. It was introduced in 2016 and is backed by a large community of developers. It is a proven platform that can accelerate web application developments at any scale.

Parse is a Node.js application that is deployed on hosts in a cloud platform like AWS. It provides APIs for user authentication and stores data in a document storage. By combining a mobile SDK with a backend service, Parse provides features including several user authentication methods, social login, creation and querying of arbitrary data models, push notifications, and the ability to upload files to a server for client-to-client access.


Harvey Leo

Web vs Mobile Apps – What is the difference?

This article will explore the differences between web vs mobile apps. It is not unusual for people to think that mobile apps and web apps are the same thing. However, there are some distinct differences between them, such as in how they’re distributed and how they perform. These factors have a significant impact on their intended use.


Gabriel Eloy

Real-time NextJS applications with Parse

Real-time NextJS applications with Parse

We recently published an introductory article about Next.js and parse, in which we talked about what is Next.Js, what is Parse, and how they’re a perfect match for building awesome performant applications.

If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend that you check it out on the NodeJS article, since we are going to use some concepts learned in that article.

In this article, we’re going to explore how to build real-time applications using a Parse Hook for a NextJS application. Hope you enjoy 🙂


Luther Abrams

Understanding Managed Services And Its Benefits On App Development

Applications are the most popular software in the world. It became a big hit during the smartphone takeover and is now used for various functions. The business sector is one of the primary beneficiaries of application development and is partly responsible for different industries’ success.

Businesses contact third-party developers or hire people to develop an app that they can utilize to market their services or products. Another reason why different industries resorted to using apps is to adapt to modern times. Amidst globalization, it’s more appealing to consumers if your product or service is available online.

Such an asset can only be created through a painstaking process, and sometimes you’ll need all the assistance you can get to ensure its completion. This is where something like managed services come in handy. To expound on this topic further, continuing reading to understand managed services and their benefit on app development.


Jessica Clark

How Mobile Apps Can Be An Asset For SMBs

How Mobile Apps Can Be An Asset For SMBs
Benefits Mobile Apps SMBs

What is the first thing that crosses your mind when we talk of small business owners? More often than not, it will be the lack of financial muscle that bigger companies have. The parity in the resource available is quite considerable. 

When it comes to scaling their business, large business houses have it easy while small business finds it difficult. Limitations breed innovativeness and change. 


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