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Appery.io’s Server Code feature makes it super easy to create a custom API on the server. With Server Code you can add any app logic using JavaScript including invoking another API. This literally takes a few minutes. Let me show you how do to it using the Uber API.

Invoking the Uber API

When working with the Uber API, one of the first goals will usually be to find out what products are available in your area using latitude/longitude information.

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On November 8th 2015 we will be revamping the online pricing for the Appery.io platform.  Although pricing will be generally higher reflecting the significant enhancements we’ve introduced, we plan to grandfather^* existing paid subscriptions. If you are considering subscribing or upgrading your plan, you may want to do so before November 8th to be grandfathered in at today’s prices. (Please see the note about grandfathered plans at the end of this post.)

New 14-Day Free Trial to Replace Starter Plan to Enable Customers to Better Evaluate Our Platform.

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This 3-minute video shows how to create and test a REST API. The Uber API is used in the example. The video covers

• Setting up the Uber REST API. The API displays available Uber products based on location (latitude/longitude)
• Setting up request parameters
• Testing the service
• Generating the service response

Quickly learn from our videos on the Appery.io YoutTube channel.

The new Developer Economics survey is here! We’re again partnering with VisionMobile for their 10th Developer Economics survey to enable developers to voice their opinions on the trends and top development issues of the day.

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To make your app more interactive and stand out from the competition, one nice option is to play a nice sound file in the background when an event occurs.

You can easily add a custom sound to an app you are building in Appery.io and play it using the standard HTML5 Audio component. As you can always customize any app with custom JavaScript, you can start and stop playing the sound via JavaScript. I’m going to show you how to do this in your Appery.io app.
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Geolocation functionality is one of the most popular features in mobile development. In Appery.io, a geolocation plug-in is available out-of-the box and can be configured in minutes to use in your mobile app. Recently, we’ve updated the geolocation plug-in for AngularJS apps (both Ionic and Bootstrap) and now it is even more intuitive and faster to use. In the geolocation plug-in docs you can find out how to add the plug-in to your Appery.io app, so you can retrieve the current position and start\stop watching position.

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Located in New Brunswick, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) is a registered Canadian charity. They focus on environmental education and community engagement and provide research and offer solutions to protect the health of Canada’s environment.

As a non-profit charity, the CCNB is overseen by a Board of Directors and operates day-to-day with a staff consisting of an Executive Director and a small core of full time employees. Read the rest of this entry »

Mailgun is e-mail for developers. Mailgun has an elegant REST API to send and receive e-mails from your mobile app. I know that many Appery.io developers send e-mails from their apps for registration, confirmation, and everything else. To make it simple to use the Mailgun API in an Appery.io, we have introduced a Mailgun plug-in in Appery.io.

Mailgun plugin (Ionic)

The plug-in has a sample app with one page that shows how to send an email using the API. You can use the sample app as a starting point or add the plug-in to any existing app.  Let me show you how to configure and use the plug-in.

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Appery.io recently announced another great feature that significantly simplifies app versions publishing. By using the AutoUpdate feature, you can make changes to the published app without submitting it to app stores. Go to EXPORT > Auto update after you’ve made changes, and Appery.io will generate a bundle with the updated resources. Apps installed on devices will automatically download the updated bundle, so users don’t need to do anything for the update. You can read more about the AutoUpdate feature in our documentation.

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Do you want to build apps fast? Start developing with our free plan.

 About the App

Shaun Summers is a developer who leveraged the Appery.io platform to build an attractive and functional app. A B2B Marketing Director by day and “a technophile by night,” Summers designed an app to help people collect information about their clothing size in order to simplify clothing shopping.

The app is aimed at busy people that like clothes but have little time to go shopping and/or find little pleasure in the process of trying them on. The idea is to allow these individuals to accumulate some knowledge of their sizes for different brands so that they may confidently buy without trying the item on in the future.

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