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Backend as a Service Container as a Service Docs Support Sign Up Back4App Blog Announcements Customer Case Database HUB GraphQL Guest Writers Learn Partner Portugues Software Development Company Swift Türkçe Videos Search Alysson Melo April 18, 2024 New and Improved Backend Dashboard and Documentation Platform Announcements Hello Back4App Community, I’m excited to share some significant updates that we believe will enhance your experience and streamline your development processes even further. Today, we are launching a new backend dashboard and our brand-new backend documentation platform! Read More Read More Alysson Melo August 10, 2023 Back4app ChatGPT plugin: Build Software with the Power of Conversation Learn In the software development world, creating a scalable backend with APIs has traditionally been a task reserved for skilled developers, often requiring hours of complex coding. But what if there was a way to streamline this process using the power of conversation? That’s where the newly built Back4app ChatGPT plugin comes in! The plugin was created to transform the way backends are developed. No longer will you need to wade through intricate codes or wrestle with confusing configurations. With this plugin, you can simply tell ChatGPT what you’d like to create using natural everyday language, and it’ll build a fully functional, and scalable backend with APIs . So whether you’re a startup looking to build a new software or application, an experienced developer, or just getting started and have a great idea, the Back4app ChatGPT plugin will give you an unprecedented level of accessibility and efficiency . Read More Read More Alysson Melo June 27, 2023 Containers Update: Metrics, Custom Domain, WebSockets, and more. Announcements We are excited to share some significant updates to our Containers platform that aim to improve your user experience, streamline your work, and boost the performance of your applications. Read More Read More Zunaira Tarif May 10, 2024 Top 10 Backend Solutions To Know About Learn Backend Solutions to Create Your Next Application Software development conventionally consists of frontend and backend programming. Hereof, backend development is considered more crucial because it deals with complicated tasks. However, backend solutions made it quite easy for dev teams. Indeed, the use of backend solutions is rapidly growing with advancements in the programming world. Especially businesses rely on cloud computing services like BaaS and PaaS for quickly managing, deploying, and creating their backends. According to MarketsandMarkets , the BaaS market will hit 9.2 billion USD by 2028. This platform also anticipates that PaaS market share can reach 164.3 billion USD by 2026. This figure was only 56.2 billion USD in 2020. Correspondingly, the selection of the right databases and server-side frameworks is also important. Therefore, this article shares one of the top backend solutions with their core properties. Read More Read More David Ekete May 8, 2024 How to build and deploy a Telegram bot? Learn In this article, you will build a Telegram bot with Node.js and Back4app’s backend-as-a-service. Then, you will deploy it using Back4app containers. Bots are software that can perform automated repetitive tasks over a network or on a platform. Telegram bots are created using the Telegram bot API and are specifically designed to work on Telegram. You can design Telegram bots to perform various tasks on Telegram, such as retrieving information like weather updates or news headlines and hosting quizzes for entertainment. They can also automate tasks like scheduling reminders and perform simple user authentication, among other things. Read More Read More David Ekete May 7, 2024 How to Upload Files to Back4app Learn Effective file management is crucial when developing web applications that involve user file uploads. Back4app provides an easy and efficient file storage, management, and retrieval solution mechanism based on Parse. In this guide, you will learn how to store your files using Back4app by integrating its file storage capabilities with a React app. Read More Read More David Ekete May 6, 2024 How to build a reservation app with Vue? Learn Managing reservations is an essential part of business in the service industry, where scheduling and customer capacity are critical, such as restaurants. With Back4app, the Twilio API, and Vue, you can build a simple restaurant reservation app with features such as making reservations, receiving confirmation messages, and viewing reserved slots. In this article, you will build and deploy a reservation app with Vue on the front end, Back4app to handle your backend and deployment needs, and Twilio to communicate with users through Whatsapp. Read More Read More Zunaira Tarif May 3, 2024 The Best Backend Coding Languages in 2024 Learn Whether you are a novice coder or an experienced developer, you must know the client-side and backend development concepts. These development sides have their own series of technologies. Likewise, CSS, JS, TypeScript, and HTML are renowned frontend languages. However, the selection of backend coding languages is a challenge. Indeed, while employing a backend language, it is essential to know it is compatible with your frameworks, databases, and server technologies. Moreover, the learning curve, performance, supportive toolsets, and reliability also matter when it comes to finding perfect server-side coding languages. So, in this article, we share one of the best backend coding languages with all their details. Let’s begin! Read More Read More David Ekete May 2, 2024 Steps To Build and Deploy a Discord Bot Learn In this article, you will build and deploy a Discord bot using Node.js, the official discord.js library, and Back4app containers. Discord bots are programs that perform automated tasks on Discord. These bots can interact with users, manage community conduct, and provide extra functionality unavailable on Discord by default, such as playing music, moderating content, organizing polls, and integrating with external services or APIs. Read More Read More David Ekete April 30, 2024 How to Deploy a Svelte Application? Learn How to Deploy an Svelte Application_ In this article, you will learn how to build a web application using Svelte and deploy it using Back4app containers. Svelte is a JavaScript framework for developing reactive and dynamic web applications. With the Svelte framework, you can build lightweight and high-performance applications because, unlike traditional JavaScript frameworks, Svelte moves a lot of heavy lifting from the browser to the build stage. Read More Read More George Batschinski April 23, 2024 The best Firebase alternatives in 2024 Learn Are you looking for alternatives to Firebase in 2024? In this tutorial, you will learn about multiple Firebase alternatives. This article will cover competitors like Back4App, Parse, Backendless, Supabase, Appwrite, Nhost, etc. Read More Read More Zunaira Tarif April 22, 2024 The Best Backend Technologies in 2024! Learn Backend Technologies Choosing the right backend technology is crucial to building successful software projects. Basically, an application consists of two parts: the backend and the frontend. As we begin with the frontend, it is the visible and accessible section of an app. However, the entire server-side infrastructure only operated by developers refers to a backend. Yes, the administration of server-side functionalities, from scheming APIs and storing data to managing databases, is known as backend development. In this regard, a backend programmer must deal with servers, logic and databases. Although it sounds easy to employ server-side technologies but, in reality, it is hard to shortlist frameworks, databases and BaaS solutions for backend development. Therefore, this article presents one of the top-notch backend technologies with their core credentials. Read More Read More NEXT Copyright...