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Jessica Clark

Android App Backend – What are the options?

Are you looking for an Android app backend? Here is an in-depth tutorial detailing the best programming languages and hosting options for your Android application.

Android is a dominating operating system that top mobile companies of the world are successfully using. That is why building server-side of mobile applications with Android is definitely a perfect choice for developers.

However, novices and startups still have many questions about using programming languages and hosting platforms for Android.

Therefore, this guide deals with all of these questions in detail. Indeed, this article presents the major languages and hosting services that you can utilize for your Android app backend.


Jessica Clark

Glitch vs Heroku – Which is the best?

This article will compare Glitch vs Heroku regarding its features and pricing structure.

Mature software development teams often steer away from solitary development and focus on collaborative efforts for reducing errors and enhancing code quality.

Several cloud implementations offer ways to collaborate within the team, allowing multiple programmers to work on a single workstation at the same time. It is a way to improve resiliency and train developers faster, thereby saving time and money in the process.

Heroku and Glitch are two of the pioneering cloud implementations, allowing real-time collaboration for developers. Here, we take a brief look at the platforms in isolation and compare the features.

If you have been wondering about using one of the two for your upcoming projects, the following information should help you make an informed decision.


George Batschinski

Kinvey Migration – Steps to transfer your app

Are you looking for an easy Kinvey migration for your application? Here is an in-depth tutorial explaining the steps to migrate an application to Back4App.

Kinvey is designed for enterprises and developers that intend to build and deploy web, mobile, and chat applications quickly and conveniently.

This impressive cloud solution provides a full-stack JavaScript serverless platform for developing and deploying applications.

The platform provides enterprise-level cloud solutions but makes them available for small and medium-scale businesses. 

In the last few weeks, we are seeing an increasing number of people contacting Back4App to support the migration from Kinvey, and this guide intents to help users perform the migration.


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.


Jessica Clark

Cloudflare vs Heroku – Which is the best option?

This article will compare Cloudflare vs Heroku. It will explore the differences and similarities between these two cloud providers regarding features and pricing.

Whether your business is small or large, it needs the best software to meet its IT management needs. It is the only way you can compete in this digital world.

Cloudflare and Heroku are the 2 enterprise-grade software service providers that can meet all your IT management requirements. While selecting one of them can be a little tricky for you, you can assess both by reading this comparison between them.

So, here you can check which one of these brings better value for your money and fulfills your requirements best.


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.  


Jessica Clark

Heroku vs Gitlab – What are the differences?

Are you looking for the differences between Heroku vs Gitlab? This article will explore both platforms, cover the core features and pricing and compare the most important aspects.

DevOps requires huge computing resources for automating agile methodology. It focuses on helping the developers to become more responsive to any emerging needs of their organization.

As cloud computing is centralized and easily scalable, it offers the best solution for DevOps automation. These platforms help in seamless integration, testing, deployment, and production of apps.

Many cloud-based platforms offer such services and, in this article, we will share with you the features and pricing models of two such popular cloud-based platforms; Gitlab and Heroku.


Jessica Clark

HIPAA Low Code – Secrets Unlocked

HIPAA Low Code – Secrets Unlocked
HIPAA Low Code

Are you looking for a HIPAA-compliant low-code solution? Here is a thorough guide describing the advantages and limitations of using a low-code platform to process PHI data.

This article will shortly explain HIPAA, its prerequisites, the type of data protected, covered entities, and the mandated legal arrangements with low-code providers. Additionally, it will examine the advantages and limitations of using a low-code development platform to create applications and host PHI data.


Jessica Clark

Vercel vs Netlify – Which is the best option?

This article will explore the similarities and differences between Vercel vs Netlify. It will cover the advantages, features and pricing of each platform.

Netlify and Vercel are two platforms that bring website development features along with other services to ease things for a developer. If you also want to select one of them, here you will know which one of them is right for you.


Jessica Clark

Hostgator vs Heroku – Which is the best?

This article will explore the differences and similarities between Hostgator vs Heroku. It will cover the features and pricing structure of each provider.

Several cloud implementations like Heroku and AWS offer free or paid web hosting directly from their platform, allowing developers to build, manage, and publish their apps entirely on the cloud.

This has its own advantages, like absolute control over the website, full transparency, and no restrictions on what you can upload. While it seems like a massive task, hosting your own website comes with a relatively gentler learning curve compared to some other tasks.

However, less technically-inclined people rely largely on shared hosting service providers like HostGator and Bluehost.

These providers are an economical alternative and eliminate the burden of having to learn a new skill and offer a variety of features like customizable resources based on performance, enhanced security, etc.

If you are looking for a hosting provider for your upcoming project and wondering about using a shared hosting service or hosting on dedicated servers, continue reading the following post to know more about the features and benefits of each platform.

By the end of this post, you should be able to make an informed purchase decision.


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