As we are progressing with the feature a day blog series, I thought it would be a good idea to come up with a fictional app which I could use in the feature posts. The idea for the app I will use as an example is a restaurant ordering system. Using the app a customer…
Back for round #2, eh? (if you missed the first post which was about registering users, read it here) Well, let’s dive in. This one should be pretty quick. The following code is pretty well commented, ping me if you have any questions. json = require (“json”) — Create a table to hold our headers…
Establishing relations between user objects and other entities in an application is a very common use case. This post describes various scenarios and shows sample code using Backendless SDK for Java/Android and Backendless SDK for iOS. Make sure the version of the client libraries are at least 1.5 for Backendless Java/Android and 1.11 for iOS.
Tizen is an open source platform residing within the Linux Foundation. It includes an operating system which can run smartphones, tablets, netbooks, onboard devices in smart cars as well as smart TVs. We wanted to see what it would take to integrate a Tizen app with Backendless because the benefits of such integration would be huge….
We just published an Android sample application to Google Play. The application demonstrates the usage of various Backendless APIs for some real-world use-case you may be implementing in your app. The application allows anyone to take a picture or use one from the gallery, upload it to the server and associate the picture with a…
Blocks are a powerful C-language feature that is part of Cocoa application development. They are similar to “closures” and “lambdas” you may find in scripting and programming languages such as Ruby, Python, and Lisp. For a more in-depth review of blocks, see “a short practical guide to blocks”. A Backendless user has recently asked us…
Differentiating user behavior in an application by roles is a very common practice. Indeed, as long as you have different workflows in the application, it is likely each workflow would be associated with a specific user role. Take for instance a mobile application to reserve a taxi. One of the user types (roles) is a…
We start a new blog series called “Highlight Reel”. Today Backendless highlight reel comes to you from Irving, Texas. We have a chance to chat with EtherGloo founder Durga Dash about app development and his mobile application “SwarmLocal”. Thanks for taking the time to chat with us, Durga. So, where are you located? Irving, Texas…
In this write-up, we review a JavaScript application we recently ported to Backendless. The application is an “editable invoice” which automatically saves its data including invoice line items, customer address, your own address, invoice number, etc. It is a good example demonstrating how to work with “related persistent data”, which means you can save a…