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"a cloud hosted database" + "run arbitrary JS in response to events at scale" covers most of it. It's a hosted database and server.
by Groxx 10y ago
"a cloud hosted database" + "run arbitrary JS in response to events at scale" covers most of it. It's a hosted database and server.
- ProblemFactory 10y agoA cloud hosted database is accurate, but doesn't really describe it well. Amazon, Heroku and others also provide cloud hosted PostgreSQL, which is a very different use case. Parse was a: * cloud hosted nosql database, * with client libraries for mobile platforms, * direct write access from mobile apps, without hosting your own API backend in the middle, and * some methods of securing this direct write access from untrusted clients.
- Groxx 10y agoYes, but covering all the important parts exceeds the "couple sentences / one short paragraph" goal. First and foremost it's a DB + server + client libs (I entirely agree on that one, it's a major value-prop). Details beyond that are many. Other important parts may include "runs on node.js", "server code in JS", "client + server define ACL per row", "push notifications", "amazingly, supports windows mobile", etc, depending on the viewer. That's what the rest of the documentation is for, e.g. in a features list.