Over the last two weeks, the Appery.io team has updated a number of docs related to the Database, Server Code and Push Notifications APIs. The new format is more user-friendly, making it easier to read and find information. The overview docs and API reference are now separated. This post summarizes what Appery.io Backend Services APIs are available and how to use them.
With Appery.io visual mapping editor, it’s very fast and simple to map data between the UI and REST API services:
REST API mapping
There are cases where straight mapping might not be enough. In other words, you need to take data from the page and format it before making it input to a REST API. That’s exactly why the visual mapping editors allows to write JavaScript code — this allows you to customize the mapping as needed.
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The benefits are obvious for using native device features like geolocation and the camera. When you build your AngularJS (Ionic or Bootstrap) app with Appery.io, you can easily take advantage of these features. You import the services to access these features via plug-ins. Just go to CREATE NEW > From Plug-in and select the service you want to use. There are tutorials available for the plug-ins, so check them out if you’re feeling lost.
Appey.io Server Code is a powerful tool that allows you to write custom server-side business logic for your app. These are the benefits you get when you use Server Code:
Saving a version of your app to revert back to, if necessary, before you make significant changes is a good (anxiety-reducing) practice. Appery.io provides a convenient way to make snapshots of your app. Just use the Versions feature. You only need to type in an informative note like “Changing the authentication mechanism” and then click “New Version”. Using this, you can painlessly revert any changes you made.
User login/registration is one of the most common features in a mobile app. With Appery.io Database’s built-in user management feature, adding a login and registration capability to an app is very fast and simple. We know that developers love examples and so we created a ready-to-run app available in the App Builder that shows how to do that. In fact, we created two examples: one example uses Bootstrap and another example uses Ionic, both based on AngularJS.
There is a rich assortment of themes available for the Bootstrap UI framework. By adding one or more of them, you can quickly change your Bootstrap-based app’s appearance and add cool animation effects! Luckily, adding these themes to your Bootstrap projects in Appery.io is really easy.
Join Max Katz for an interactive Q & A session on Wednesday June 24, 11:00 to 11:30am Pacific. Bring any questions you have about our platform — chances are others will be thinking the same question. Max will take your questions and maybe even demo the answers live!
As a bonus, Max will share a couple of tips and tricks to help you build better apps!
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In case you missed our webinar, watch this recording to learn how to use Appery.io to build a barcode scanner mobile app. (At the end of this post is some of the coding used in the webinar.)
Check out many other videos on the Appery.io YouTube channel.
Wondering how to access your SQL database from a mobile app? We’ve got the answer. API Express, recently released by Appery.io, can make your existing SQL database RESTful in minutes, allowing you to perform CRUD operations from any external source, whether it’s a mobile app or a web page.