Backend as a Service: Parse - Moriconi

ROME 11-12 april 2014ROME 11-12 april 2014

Backend as a Service: Parse

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Maurizio Moriconi

ROME 11-12 april 2014 - Maurizio Moriconi

Maurizio Moriconi

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• CTO @ Mobilesoft

• Mobile Developer

• Co-founder

• Main Developer

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Develop an app Push Notification

Analytics

User management

Social integration

Shared data

Web Hosting

Database hosting

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Challenges

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• Time • Skill • Scalability • Cost

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Backend as a Service (Baas)

• MBaaS (mobile backend as a service) !

• Link application to backend cloud storage • Custom software development kit (SDK) • Custom application programming interfaces (APIs)

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Global Market • $216.5 million in 2012 • $7.7 billion by 2017

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Baas Service

• Custom objects • model, relationships and store/retrieve from central databases

• File storage • images, large documents, association with a custom object

• Geolocation • query object near a certain location

• Users • creation, integration with Facebook/Twitter, ACL for objects

• Push notifications • single way to push many platforms

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Some examples

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One backend to rule them all

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Parse pricing

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BASIC PRO ENTERPRISE

free $199 per month askRequests

1 Million/monthRequests

15 Million/monthCustom

Pushes 1 Million/month

Pushes 5 Million/month

Custom

File Storage 1 GB

File Storage 10 GB

Custom

App open metrics 1 concurrent background jobs !

2 App collaboratorAdvanced Push Targeting Push Scheduling …

Phone support Enterprise SLA Individual Push opens metrics …


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Parse Services


Parse Core

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• Parse Dashboard

• Save data in the cloud

• Make your app social

• Run custom app code in the Parse Cloud

• Background jobs

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Parse Push

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• Push for: • iOS, Android, Windows, Windows Phone

• Send notification via: • web console, REST API, client SDKs !!!

• Advanced targeting (PRO, ENTERPRISE)

• Advanced scheduling (PRO, ENTERPRISE)

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Parse Analytics

• Measure App usage

• Optimize Push Campaign

• Track Custom Analytics

• Powerful Dashboard

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Let’s start!

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1 - Sign up for Parse

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2 - Create your first app

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3 - Dashboard

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Setup SDK on iOS

• Download SDK • Latest version 1.2.18 • Support Xcode (5.0+) iOS 5.0 or higher

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Connect you app to Parse

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Data Browser

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Parse Object

• Contains key-valued pairs of JSON-compatible data

• This data is schema-less • Each Parse Object has a class name !

PFObject in iOS • ParseObject in Android/Windows

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Save an object

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Auto generate Class!!!


Save an object

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Special Class Name

• User • for authentication, log in, sign up and more

• Installation • store push notification subscriptions for each device

• Role • to specify groups of users with shared permissions

• Product • stores your in-app product data

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Data Types

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Some features

!Saving objects offline

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!!!!Relational Data

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Some features

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!!!!!!Queries

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User

• specialized user class called PFUser in iOS • several properties

• username (required) • password (required on signup) • email (optional)

• basic functionality: • sign up • login • email verification

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Signing up

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Loggin in

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PFLogInViewController

• Manage Login via PFLogInViewControllerDelegate !

- (BOOL)logInViewController:(PFLogInViewController *)logInController shouldBeginLogInWithUsername:(NSString *)username password:(NSString *)password; !- (void)logInViewController:(PFLogInViewController *)logInController didLogInUser:(PFUser *)user; !- (void)logInViewController:(PFLogInViewController *)logInController didFailToLogInWithError:(NSError *)error; !- (void)logInViewControllerDidCancelLogIn:(PFLogInViewController *)logInController;

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PFSignUpViewController

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• Manage Sign up via PFSignUpViewControllerDelegate !

- (BOOL)signUpViewController:(PFSignUpViewController *)signUpController shouldBeginSignUp:(NSDictionary *)info; !- (void)signUpViewController:(PFSignUpViewController *)signUpController didSignUpUser:(PFUser *)user; !- (void)signUpViewController:(PFSignUpViewController *)signUpController didFailToSignUpWithError:(NSError *)error; !- (void)signUpViewControllerDidCancelSignUp:(PFSignUpViewController *)signUpController;


Facebook / Twitter integration

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Facebook

• Setup FB application on developer.facebook.com

• Add App ID and App Secret on Parse settings

• Setup application follow https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/getting-started

• Adding this line on application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions

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http://developer.facebook.com

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/getting-started


Facebook// Create the log in view controller PFLogInViewController *logInViewController = [[PFLogInViewController alloc] init]; [logInViewController setFacebookPermissions:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"friends_about_me", nil]]; ![logInViewController setFields: PFLogInFieldsTwitter | PFLogInFieldsFacebook | PFLogInFieldsDismissButton];

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User

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Facebook / Twitter integration

• Login • Sign up • Linking existing PFUser to Twitter/Facebook • Unlinking existing PFUser to Twitter/Facebook • After authentication is possible to use:

• Query Graph on Facebook • Twitter API on Twitter

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• A bit of logic that running in the Cloud • Javascript SDK (same for apps) • You don't have to wait for a new release of

your application • Schedule jobs • Cloud Modules for integrate your Parse app

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Cloud Code

curl -s https://www.parse.com/downloads/cloud_code/installer.sh | sudo /bin/bash

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• Install the command line tool

• Create new project

$ parse new MyCloudCode Email: [email protected] Password: 1:MyApp Select an App: 1 $ cd MyCloudCode

• A simple function in cloud/main.js

Parse.Cloud.define("hello", function(request, response) { response.success("Hello world!"); });


Cloud Code

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$ parse deploy

• Deploy

• Run function on iOS

[PFCloud callFunctionInBackground:@"hello" withParameters:@{} block:^(NSString *result, NSError *error) { if (!error) { // result is @"Hello world!" } }];

• Response

{ "result": "Hello world!" }


Cloud Code

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Web hosting

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/public

index.html

Cloud Parse PRJ


and now?

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Parse Analytics

File storage

Push notifications Data relations

Users ACL

Geopoint

File storage

In-app purchase

Web hosting

Query

Email-verification


Thank You!

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