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Posted by Simen Anthonsen
Simen Anthonsen
1,097 Points

Using Parse in app development

In my app I plan to create a user signup/log in and possible a chat room where you can chat with other users. After searching for examples on creating user signup/log in I found out Parse was often used.

I don´t fully understand what it is, and what it does...Why should i use it? Is there someone who has any experience from using Parse? Should I use it, or is it a better alternative out there?

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Simen,

There are many suppliers of 'Back-end as a service' products, like Parse provide.

Using such a service means you can get on with coding your app and managing it rather than struggling with the heavy liffting of developing, maintaining, paying for etc. the back-end you need for any user-driven app.

Have a look thorugh the documentation on Parse.com and try the self-destructing message app tutorial which covers Parse in quite some detail.

I hope that helps

Steve.

Simen Anthonsen
Simen Anthonsen
1,097 Points

Thanks!