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baasbox looks interesting except for the fact that they apparently created their own custom database system. Why? Even if they wanted to stay within the Java e

by jnbiche 13y ago

baasbox looks interesting except for the fact that they apparently created their own custom database system. Why? Even if they wanted to stay within the Java ecosystem, there are so many good databases already available in Java. Just seems like a waste of effort just because someone wanted to write his own database software. But deploying it looks like a snap. They have documentation on how to do this on their site.

funkyboy 13y ago
Baasbox DB is orientdb, which is open source: https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb
- jnbiche 13y ago
  Oh wow, apologies for the misstatement. I glanced at the docs, features, and github, and didn't see any sign or mention of a DB dependency, so I assumed they had written their own. Sorry to the baasbox db team for the incorrect assumption. But it might be a good idea to make the underlying db a bit clearer, assuming I didn't miss any obvious mention of it (which is quite possible). orientdb is a fine db, indeed it's one I was thinking of when I was wondering (incorrectly) why they wrote their own. Thanks for your correction.
  - funkyboy 13y ago
    Our stance is that, as an app developer, you should not care too much about the technology behind a backend. You should rather stay focused on the front end.
    - notastartup 13y ago
      so my question is why don't most mobile app developers use something like Baasbox, or spin up any REST api on their servers? What is the benefit of using proprietary platforms like Parse and Stackmob?
      - funkyboy 13y ago
        My guess is just one: BaasBox is born 6mo ago :) But we are spreading the voice ...
notastartup 13y ago
they use OrientDB, I have used it in my past GUI Swing project: https://github.com/jjk3/scrape-it-screen-scraper https://github.com/jjk3/scrape-it-screen-scraper OrientDB was a clear win for me because it was open source and free while other Java Object databases had license fees attached in tiny letters. The author of OrientDB was very helpful too on the google discuss groups. OrientDB included everything I wanted, SQL for POJO storage, server or file storage DB.

by jnbiche 13y ago

funkyboy 13y ago

Baasbox DB is orientdb, which is open source: https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb

jnbiche 13y ago
Oh wow, apologies for the misstatement. I glanced at the docs, features, and github, and didn't see any sign or mention of a DB dependency, so I assumed they had written their own. Sorry to the baasbox db team for the incorrect assumption. But it might be a good idea to make the underlying db a bit clearer, assuming I didn't miss any obvious mention of it (which is quite possible). orientdb is a fine db, indeed it's one I was thinking of when I was wondering (incorrectly) why they wrote their own. Thanks for your correction.
- funkyboy 13y ago
  Our stance is that, as an app developer, you should not care too much about the technology behind a backend. You should rather stay focused on the front end.
  - notastartup 13y ago
    so my question is why don't most mobile app developers use something like Baasbox, or spin up any REST api on their servers? What is the benefit of using proprietary platforms like Parse and Stackmob?
    - funkyboy 13y ago
      My guess is just one: BaasBox is born 6mo ago :) But we are spreading the voice ...

notastartup 13y ago

they use OrientDB, I have used it in my past GUI Swing project: https://github.com/jjk3/scrape-it-screen-scraper https://github.com/jjk3/scrape-it-screen-scraper OrientDB was a clear win for me because it was open source and free while other Java Object databases had license fees attached in tiny letters. The author of OrientDB was very helpful too on the google discuss groups. OrientDB included everything I wanted, SQL for POJO storage, server or file storage DB.