As you develop your application, the backend accumulates a lot of development-related data. This data may include test objects in your data tables, random user accounts you used to see how logins work, meaningless geopoints or files. Sometimes you just wish you could delete all the data, but keep the data structures (tables, file directories, geocategories). Backendless provides a way to do just that by the means of Application Reset.
As soon as you have data in persistent storage, the question of searching would be one of the first to come up. Indeed, how can you query the backend for data? We considered multiple options and elected to use the most popular one - SQL. However, we had to take a few shortcuts to allow…
Backendless can create tables when you store object hierarchies from a client application. Also, we described how to manually create data tables using Backendless Console. Finally, there is one more approach that makes table creation as simple as it gets. This approach is by uploading a file that contains a schema definition for every table.…
One of the hidden gems packed with features is Backendless REST Console. It is a part of Backendless Console and is located in its own tab on the Data screen. The Console does exactly what it sounds like - lets you run REST requests against your data tables. Let's review how fetching your data (AKA…