Backendless Pro, the standalone version of Backendless, is now officially released and is available for download. The new release includes the latest version of the Backendless Platform. Version 4, which was originally launched only for the Backendless Cloud product, is a major improvement over the previous version. The version 4 release includes: Completely redesigned Backendless…
Performing a calculation on a group of database objects may be a complex task. For example, to calculate the sum of all orders for a customer would require retrieving all that customer’s orders then iterating over them to calculate the mathematical sum of all amounts. This was yesterday! As of Backendless 4.4.0, you can use aggregate functions…
As we announced earlier, we have discontinued the free plan in 3.x. We wrote about it on our blog as well as email newsletters. If your application was on the free plan in Backendless 3.x, you can either migrate it to Backendless 4 (which has a free plan and that is not going anywhere) or you…
We believe that Backendless is great. We know that many developers building with Backendless think so too. This is why we added support for referrals. It is built right into Backendless Console and every Backendless developer got his/her own invite code. There is a convenient way to access the “Invites” page by clicking the “Send…
In a surprise move, Facebook announced shutdown of Parse, a service they acquired in 2013. The company gave developers until January of 2017 to migrate their apps off of Parse. Many developers have been turning to Backendless as a feature-rich alternative that matches Parse’s features and offers new functionality such as Publish/Subscribe messaging, support for…
With the release of Backendless Cloud v4.1.0 we added an amazing new feature called Codeless Programming. Using Codeless anyone can develop in Backendless without any knowledge of a programming language. The environment is fully visual and lets you create API/IoT Services, Backendless API Event Handlers, and Timers. The system can be used to create programs…
We are happy to announce that Backendless 4 has been released out of Beta. It is now the default Backendless environment and all new apps are created in version 4. Now that the Beta is over, we have enabled billing in version 4 and you can choose a pricing plan for your application. This can…
We have had a very successful beta release and received a lot of positive feedback. We would like to thank everyone for your contribution which helped us make the product better than ever. As we are preparing for the GA release of 4.0, there are changes which may affect your apps. Please see the list below: All Github repositories for our…
We are preparing one of the final Beta builds for Backendless 4. The build should be released early in the week of June 19th. We plan to release the service out of beta shortly after that. One of the important changes in the upcoming service update will be the introduction of deployment models. When the…