Facebook is closing Parse

#1

Post by theunquietone » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:00 PM UTC

Facebook is closing Parse
blog.parse.com

Re: Facebook is closing Parse

#2

Post by gfosco » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:03 PM UTC

Separately, we developed an open-source Parse-compatible API server for Node/Express. https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server

This, along with the database migration tools released earlier, allow developers a full migration path to move from Parse hosted data + API to their own infrastructure.

Over the weekend, I set up a website & app on a $5 DigitalOcean box running Parse and Mongo locally.

Re: Facebook is closing Parse

#3

Post by ape4 » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:03 PM UTC

Maybe its not such a good idea after all to code your app to a proprietary API in the cloud.

Re: Facebook is closing Parse

#4

Post by theunquietone » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:04 PM UTC

gfosco wrote: post #2

Separately, we developed an open-source Parse-compatible API server for Node/Express. https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server This, along with the database migration tools released earlier, allow developers a full migration path to move from Parse hosted data + API to their own infrastructure. Over the weekend, I set up a website & app on a $5 DigitalOcean box running Parse and Mongo locally.

Fosco, you are awesome and it was a pleasure working with you :)

Re: Facebook is closing Parse

#5

Post by Mizza » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:04 PM UTC

Goddammit!

I built a service on top of Parse and Yahoo Pipes. And I JUST finished porting the Pipe stuff to Lambda..

Oh well, nice of them to provide a DB migration tool and an open source server.

Re: Facebook is closing Parse

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:05 PM UTC

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Re: Facebook is closing Parse

#7

Post by sehr » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:05 PM UTC

Any specific reasons why? Always thought they were doing well, reasonably popular etc

Re: Facebook is closing Parse

#8

Post by duncan_bayne » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:05 PM UTC

ape4 wrote: post #3

Maybe its not such a good idea after all to code your app to a proprietary API in the cloud.

... or a walled garden like iOS.

But of course people will keep doing it, and keep complaining when the inevitable happens.

https://xkcd.com/743/

Re: Facebook is closing Parse

#9

Post by mxstbr » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:05 PM UTC

That's a shame, I thought Parse was a nifty service!

Re: Facebook is closing Parse

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Post by smrtinsert » Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 10:05 PM UTC

gfosco wrote: post #2

Separately, we developed an open-source Parse-compatible API server for Node/Express. https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server This, along with the database migration tools released earlier, allow developers a full migration path to move from Parse hosted data + API to their own infrastructure. Over the weekend, I set up a website & app on a $5 DigitalOcean box running Parse and Mongo locally.

The release of the server is an awesome gift to the community.