[Urgent] An important news to Ben Jakuben.Parse.com was retired!!!!!!!

Latest Edit (03/04/16)

I previously mentioned how Parse Server was missing some features however, the Parse team and Community have been pretty awesome at adding everything we've been asking for and now, we have Push Notification Support and also a Dashboard (One of my most loved features)!

Now, Parse Server would be my recommendation for you to set up rather than the alternatives below (However, all are still available if you would prefer) and by following the links on the Parse Server GitHub Page there are quick links to easily deploy a server to AWS, Heroku or Azure, and instructions if you wish to set up your own isolated server.

I've recently been very busy with exams right now but I will try my best to provide a guide to installing and using Parse Server however, this is not my priority as courses using Parse are now retired and therefore, support regarding the courses will also decline.

Original post:

Hey Niyamat!

Parse did indeed declare deprecation of services yesterday, which has resulted in closing down new signups.

Unfortunately, this means that if you have not signed up for a Parse account, you won't be able to complete the course when using Parse as a backend.

There are plenty of alternatives that can be used and I'll go ahead and compare a few before posting my recommendations here.

Edit:

Here are my favourite 4 services, go ahead and check them out. You can continue with the project using one of these services, just take a look at the documentation (Which I've made sure is good!) to learn how to use the services:

1. Backendless - 100 active users, 50 API calls/sec, 20gb storage, 1000000 push notifications/month.
2. Firebase - 100 simultaneous connections, 1gb storage, 10gb transfer/month, NO PUSH NOTIFICATION SUPPORT.
3. Buddy - 20 req/s, 10gb storage, 5000000 push notifications/month.
4. Cloudboost - 100 simultaneous connections, 100 users, 50,000 API calls/month, 1gb storage, NO PUSH NOTIFICATION SUPPORT (Yet).

Hopefully the Ben's will have got the message about the deprecation of service and a video/callout will be added to the course at some point regarding the issue. This may still take a few days, seeming as though the announcement only arrived yesterday.