What is Backend as a Service?

Backend as a Service What is BaaS? How does it help me design mobile & web applications? In traditional application development, you have an idea: "I'm going to make a social photo sharing application" Then, you storyboard the experience: you had me The user can tag images, share on social networks, add their location and find out when their photo is fav'd at hello world Next, you build the app from the ground up This classically goes a little something like this: Key: Application Infrastructure API Call Custom Development & Design Create Account Take Photo Sign Up · User Data Storage • Transport Security (SSL/Encryption) · User Accounts • Secure Login & Sessions • Password Hashing · Access Permissions Take Photo · Server Image Storage • File Upload / Download APIS • Content Distribution • User / Photo Associations 2 )..... #**)..... Enable User Generated Content Location & Contextual Awareness Add Content Add Location O ... • Data Management APIS • Photo Meta-data Storage · Tagging, Commenting • Sharing & Access Control • Public / Private Feeds · Location Data Tagging · Ceolocation Queries & DB Support • Local Based Services (LBS) & Content Discovery ..... ... Check out this sweet B.A.A.S. I just caught Share Across Social Networks User Engagement & Interaction Get Notified • Push Notifications (C2DM, APS) • Realtime Interactions Share Social Network Login • OAUTH • Facebook API • Twitter API • Tumblr API Foursquare API And because reliabiltiy matters, there are infrastructure hurdles Application Deployment · Ensuring Uptime • Increased Traffic & Scaling · Backups • Redundency • Load Balancing Sign Up Take Photo + Content + Local Share Cet Notifled So, what IS BaaS? It's like having a team of developers working on your app. OR all the red circles below :] SL META) .*..... ....... ........ #**)....... ******* Sign Up Take Photo + Content 回 回国 : + Local Share Get Notified All of these tasks are repetitive and can introduce time delays, bugs and costs when built from scratch. Backend as a Service does all of the above - Build the application you want without re-inventing the wheel. Remove time consuming, monotonous development tasks and focus on your app's unique features and user experience. Application Development Timeline Baas Total application build time Custom Development & Design App Infrastructure BaaS provides ALL of these features: Plug in, Develop & GO! SL User Data Storage Transport Security Secure Login & Sessions User Accounts #** Password Content Server File Upload / Image Storage Download API Hashing Distribution (МЕТА User / Photo Associations Tagging, Commenting Data Photo Meta-data Management Storage Sharing & Access Control Public / Private Feeds Location Geolocation Queries Data Tagging & DB Support t. 100 Facebook Twitter API Local Tumblr Based Services API API Push Foursquare API Ensuring Uptime Realtime Notifications Interactions Increased Traffic Backups Redundancy Load & Scaling Balancing cloudmine We've got your back. iiii