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And nowhere in there I was able to find what's Parse and what does the open-source Parse Server do.

Groxx 10y ago
Huh. Yeah, I dove around a bit, browsed the wiki, etc, and so far all I've seen is the equivalent of "an open source version of the Parse backend". No description anywhere that I can see about what it does or why you should care (unless you're already on Parse, of course). IIRC the Parse homepage used to have this, but ever since the shutdown notice (so, for the past year) the homepage has largely been useless.
- taneq 10y ago
  So many posts on HN are like this, assuming that every obscure webservice is common knowledge. "Jabberwocky has reached version 1.1! Performance increased by 30%, users must migrate from 1.0 by the 12th. Use Jabberwocky in your business now! New users get a free trial!" OK that's nice but what tf is it and why should I care?
  - mypalmike 10y ago
    Yesterday I built a 100M user social network using Jabberwocky. It took me just 25 minutes, bro, and now I've retired to my own private Caribbean island.
    - jacobush 10y ago
      So it's you on my Caribbean lawn! Now get off it.
bjacobel 10y ago
I'd assume the main goal of the open-source Parse Server is to provide some support for previous users of Parse? Who would already know what Parse does. Attracting new users unfamiliar with the technology seems at best secondary ( and possibly, unwelcome) to the Parse Server community now.
jasonm23 10y ago
Parse was an API as a service. The idea being that you don't need your own servers and parse would provide API, database, push messaging and so on. That said, I never used it, I saw it appear, had a look, decided what it offered was too rudimentary to be scalable, and moved on. That said, as an open source offering, it's quite interesting. This post answers the basic question, what is parse: http://blog.parse.com/announcements/what-is-parse-server/ http://blog.parse.com/announcements/what-is-parse-server/
- flukus 10y ago
  > Parse was an API as a service. The idea being that you don't need your own servers and parse would provide API, database, push messaging and so on. I'm still unclear. It's some sort of hosted database+services?
  - cperciva 10y ago
    I'm also confused. "API as a service" sounds to me like "service as a service"... ok, it's a service, but what does it do?
    - grovegames 10y ago
      From my understanding, it provided services that you would have to create from scratch in your own infrastructure that would be a significant undertaking. For instance, push notification in iOS is a bit of a nuisance if your app really doesn't rely on a complex server back end, but you would like to still add push notifications. Parse did this portion for you, so you could focus on the product. I could be wrong though, I looked at it a year ago, and my memory isn't what it used to be.
    - asdfaoeu 10y ago
      This seems like the best documentation http://parseplatform.github.io/docs/rest/guide/ http://parseplatform.github.io/docs/rest/guide/ From my reading it seems like a generic rest service. I suppose like COTS for rest services.
    - 10y ago
PhantomGremlin 10y ago
nowhere in there I was able to find what's Parse This is a major failing of a lot of open-source projects and a lot of real companies as well. Fortunately Wikipedia often provides some background. It's my go-to place whenever I'm confronted with some un-navigable home page filled with hipster jargon about how a company wants to "empower" me with "cloud" "solutions". Here's a brief history of Parse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parse_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parse_(company)
alysson_b4a 10y ago
Parse.com was a BaaS(backend as a Service) acquired by Facebook in 2013. Using the platform was possible to build and host most of all your app backend(database, legacy code, integrations, Push notifications, send emails, social login, ...) and to integrate with your app front-end using the SDKs or even using a REST API. Parse Server is the open source version of Parse.com launched after the Parse shutdown announcement.

Groxx 10y ago

Huh. Yeah, I dove around a bit, browsed the wiki, etc, and so far all I've seen is the equivalent of "an open source version of the Parse backend". No description anywhere that I can see about what it does or why you should care (unless you're already on Parse, of course). IIRC the Parse homepage used to have this, but ever since the shutdown notice (so, for the past year) the homepage has largely been useless.

taneq 10y ago
So many posts on HN are like this, assuming that every obscure webservice is common knowledge. "Jabberwocky has reached version 1.1! Performance increased by 30%, users must migrate from 1.0 by the 12th. Use Jabberwocky in your business now! New users get a free trial!" OK that's nice but what tf is it and why should I care?
- mypalmike 10y ago
  Yesterday I built a 100M user social network using Jabberwocky. It took me just 25 minutes, bro, and now I've retired to my own private Caribbean island.
  - jacobush 10y ago
    So it's you on my Caribbean lawn! Now get off it.

bjacobel 10y ago

I'd assume the main goal of the open-source Parse Server is to provide some support for previous users of Parse? Who would already know what Parse does. Attracting new users unfamiliar with the technology seems at best secondary ( and possibly, unwelcome) to the Parse Server community now.

jasonm23 10y ago

Parse was an API as a service. The idea being that you don't need your own servers and parse would provide API, database, push messaging and so on. That said, I never used it, I saw it appear, had a look, decided what it offered was too rudimentary to be scalable, and moved on. That said, as an open source offering, it's quite interesting. This post answers the basic question, what is parse: http://blog.parse.com/announcements/what-is-parse-server/ http://blog.parse.com/announcements/what-is-parse-server/

flukus 10y ago
> Parse was an API as a service. The idea being that you don't need your own servers and parse would provide API, database, push messaging and so on. I'm still unclear. It's some sort of hosted database+services?
- cperciva 10y ago
  I'm also confused. "API as a service" sounds to me like "service as a service"... ok, it's a service, but what does it do?
  - grovegames 10y ago
    From my understanding, it provided services that you would have to create from scratch in your own infrastructure that would be a significant undertaking. For instance, push notification in iOS is a bit of a nuisance if your app really doesn't rely on a complex server back end, but you would like to still add push notifications. Parse did this portion for you, so you could focus on the product. I could be wrong though, I looked at it a year ago, and my memory isn't what it used to be.
  - asdfaoeu 10y ago
    This seems like the best documentation http://parseplatform.github.io/docs/rest/guide/ http://parseplatform.github.io/docs/rest/guide/ From my reading it seems like a generic rest service. I suppose like COTS for rest services.
  - 10y ago

PhantomGremlin 10y ago

nowhere in there I was able to find what's Parse This is a major failing of a lot of open-source projects and a lot of real companies as well. Fortunately Wikipedia often provides some background. It's my go-to place whenever I'm confronted with some un-navigable home page filled with hipster jargon about how a company wants to "empower" me with "cloud" "solutions". Here's a brief history of Parse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parse_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parse_(company)

alysson_b4a 10y ago

Parse.com was a BaaS(backend as a Service) acquired by Facebook in 2013. Using the platform was possible to build and host most of all your app backend(database, legacy code, integrations, Push notifications, send emails, social login, ...) and to integrate with your app front-end using the SDKs or even using a REST API. Parse Server is the open source version of Parse.com launched after the Parse shutdown announcement.