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
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
4. emotish demo screenshots are boring ‣ search the app store for “emotish” ‣ download at emotish.com ‣ download at bit.ly/emotish
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
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
7. the database built on the fly
8. making queries simply and asynchronously
9. UI elements fully customizable
10. object relationships link objects to each other
11. user system persistent and social friendly
12. push notifications channels and client push
13. addicted to parse the intangibles ‣ ease of integration ‣ extensive guides and documentation ‣ active community ‣ speedy tech support
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
15. dan@redrawnlabs.com @danbretl github.com/danbretl danbretl.com questions?
16. show what you feel emotish.com @emotishapp facebook.com/emotishapp redrawnlabs.com