Emotish & Parse

An introduction to Emotish, a free iPhone app, and how it was built with Parse, a free back end as a service, and my favorite way to rapidly prototype mobile apps.

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1. & how i became an
   accidental parse evangelist
   dan bretl
   co-founder, redrawn labs
   

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3. why photo sharing
   issues with current crop of apps
   ‣ the same paradigms repeated over and over
   ‣ i don’t care about their community content
   ‣ missed opportunities to extend photo sharing
   

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4. emotish demo
   screenshots are boring
   ‣ search the app store for “emotish”
   ‣ download at emotish.com
   ‣ download at bit.ly/emotish
   

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5. how we built it
   developed back end with parse
   ‣ free back end as a service
   ‣ SDKs for iOS, Android, JavaScript, and a REST API
   ‣ build your back end on the fly
   ‣ stay within Objective-C (if you want)
   ‣ easy push notifications and social network integration
   ‣ no worries about servers or scaling
   

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6. NYiOS demo
   code snippets are boring
   ‣ download at github.com/danbretl/NYiOS
   ‣ directory of app developers
   ‣ listings of apps (developed & admired)
   ‣ accounts via username, facebook, & twitter
   ‣ push notification support
   

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7. the database
   built on the fly
   

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8. making queries
   simply and asynchronously
   

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9. UI elements
   fully customizable
   

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10. object relationships
    link objects to each other
    

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11. user system
    persistent and social friendly
    

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12. push notifications
    channels and client push
    

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13. addicted to parse
    the intangibles
    ‣ ease of integration
    ‣ extensive guides and documentation
    ‣ active community
    ‣ speedy tech support
    

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14. caveats
    keep yourself in check
    ‣ front end + back end = twice as much code
    ‣ easy to write messy code
    ‣ don’t mix models, views and network code
    

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15. dan@redrawnlabs.com
    @danbretl
    github.com/danbretl
    danbretl.com
    questions?
    

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16. show what you feel
    emotish.com
    @emotishapp
    facebook.com/emotishapp
    redrawnlabs.com
    

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