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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. 


Caroline Marques

What is AWS Savings Plans?

It’s no secret that using RIs – Reserved Instances generates significant savings on AWS – Amazon Web Services.

To help its customers get even more out of this savings, AWS last week launched Saving Plans, which like RIs, make it easy to buy computing hours and still generate significant discounts on your AWS account.

What is AWS Saving Plans?

It is a new flexible rebate model launched by AWS that aims to save money on the use of computing services. This model applies to Amazon EC2 service instances regardless of AWS family, size, operating system, or region (except China) and also to other computing services such as EMR, ECS, EKS, and Fargate.

Saving Plans offers more than one type of plan over different durations, payment options, and automatically adapts to computing usage, making it simple to save – one of the biggest pains for Reserved Instance users.

With Savings Plans AWS customers commit to a cost per dollar measured per hour over 1 to 3 years. If the expense exceeds the stipulated amount, it will be charged on-demand rates.


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