Episode Details

Previous Episodes

• Episode 7 - Apple 2019
• Episode 6 - Project Estimation Episode

Define Whether You Do Need Cloud or Backend Services

You Do Not Need If…

• Privacy-Sensitive Data
• No Cloud Backups Needed
• Already Storing Using a Third Party APIs
• Example App Developed by BrightDigit - CE Genius

You Do Need If..

• Multiple Devices In Sync 
• Cloud Backups Nessecary
• Example App Developed by Shiny Frog - Bear

What To Consider When Deciding How To Store Data?

• MVP vs Enterprise
  • What is an MVP? Most Viable Product
• Start With the User - Project Estimation Episode
• What Devices Does the App Support?
• How Complex is the Data and Queries?
• Are Outside Jobs Needed? 
  • Such as Cron Jobs, Backups, Push Notifications, etc…
• Consider Prices - Bandwidth and Storage
• Consider Developer Team’s Comfort Level
• Develop Abstracting User Experience From Data Layer

Build a Custom Web App

Virtual Machine Options

• Amazon EC2
• Linode
• Digital Ocean

Web App Options

• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Heroku

Database Options

• MySQL
• MariaDB
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• Redis

Programming Options

• PHP
• Node.js
• C#and ASP.NET Web APIs
• Ruby
• Elixir

Swift Options

• Vapor - Review
• Kitura
• Perfect

Server Software Options

• IIS
• Nginx
• Apache

Other Software Considerations

• Cloudflare
• New Relic
• Supervisor

Mobile Backend As A Service

• Parse
• CloudKit
• Firebase
  • Using Multiple Services 
  • REST API vs GraphQL

Music by Roman Bulakhov from Fugue

Full Transcript

[00:00:00] Erik Gillespie (Host): Hi Leo, it's me. Again. 

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