2016 was a pretty big year for Backendless. There is a steady stream of developer sign-ups for the Backendless Cloud version, fueled in part by the impending closure of Parse. The ever-increasing API traffic generated by the apps and the growing developer activity resulted in stability problems towards the end of 2016. There were outages…
We recently spoke with The New Stack about Backendless. One of their biggest takeaways: …this is what could set Backendless apart from many other mBaaS providers: The spectrum of services is only part of a larger environment designed to host a marketplace of developer defined services. Read the full article here.
Backendless was featured in a report by Gartner entitled “IT Market Clock for Mobile App Development, 2016”.
About a year ago we made a decision to drop the barrier of entry for Backendless Standalone. At the time when we released the free version of Standalone Backendless, we made a bet that users will go for the “enterprise standard” of server redundancy by introducing a second (non-free) instance and thus removing a single…
Backendless is in the 2016 Mobile Development Guide by DZone.
Adding custom server-side logic is one of the most powerful features of Backendless. We are happy to announce that JavaScript with Node.js has been added to the family of server-side languages supported by Backendless. Starting today developers can build custom API services, API event handlers, and timers using JavaScript. See the getting started guide and start building…
WorldVision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the root causes of poverty and injustice. WorldVision developed a mobile application facilitating communication between charity’s donors and sponsored children. The app required a customized backend service which runs within a Managed…
Backendless has been listed by VentureBeat as one of 15 alternatives to Facebook’s Parse, which recently shut down.
As you may heard from a TechCrunch review, Notify Nearby has launched its app which is now available in the iOS appstore. The app lets you follow retail brands to receive announcements and merchant updates. It also features a very cool iBeacon integration where you could get notified about any specials right as you pass by a brand store…