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Why Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) is crucial
David Ng, Product & Growth at Oursky
to early stage startups and frontend developers
Agenda
• What is BaaS
• Features of BaaS and how does it help
• Popular BaaS and comparison
Banana World
My app idea
Startup’s worries
Develop an MVPA core component of Lean Startup methodology is the
Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop
THE LEAN STARTUPMETHODOLOGY
“Work Smarter, Not Harder”
THE LEAN STARTUPMETHODOLOGY
The question is not "Can this product be built?"
Instead, the questions are "Should this product be built?" and "Can we build a sustainable business around this set of products and
services?"
THE LEAN STARTUPMETHODOLOGY
The question is not "Can this product be built?"
Instead, the questions are "Should this product be built?" and "Can we build a sustainable business around this set of products and
services?"
BaaSBackend-as-a-Service
What is BaaS?
• Pre-built, cloud hosted components for developing mobile application backends.
• Reduce the time and complexity required to build mobile applications.
• Allow developers to focus on core features instead of low-level tasks.
For whom?
• Indie developers
• Startups
• App Vendors
• Enterprise
BaaS Features• Data Store API for storage on cloud
• File storage
• User Authentication
• Push Notifications
• Secure Connectivity
• Social Integration
• Dashboard / UI
Auth Push Chat CloudDB Pubsub Cloud Functions CMS
BaaS Features
Sign Up / Login
• Username / email / phone number sign up
• Supported Platforms of Social Login
Auth
SMS verification
Auth
User Dashboard
Auth
Push Notification Editor
Push
Schedule Push Notification
Push
Chat• Group / DM Conversations
• Real time receive message in callbacks
• Send Message / Video / Sounds
• Chat History
• Unread count
• Recipient status
• Push notification
• Typing indicators
• End-to-end encryption with Signal ProtocolChat
Create Conversation
Chat
Load message history
Chat
Send a message
Chat
Send Photos and Video
Chat
CloudDB
• Synchronize your data to the cloud
• Easy to save and query data with integrated SDKs
• Flexible as Document-based DB with the power of relational DB
• Fully managed and built for reliabilty
CloudDB
CloudDB• Sample Code of CRUD
• Create a recordconst note = new Note({ 'content': 'Hello World' });skygear.publicDB.save(note);
// Batch Createskygear.publicDb.save([note1, note2, note3, note4, note5]);
CloudDB
CloudDB• Sample Code of CRUD
• Read a record
const query = new skygear.Query(Note);query.greaterThan('importance', 10);query.addDescending('importance');query.limit = 10;
skygear.publicDB.query(query).then((records) => { console.log(records)}, (error) => { console.error(error);})
CloudDB
Pubsub
Channel 1
Subscriber Publisher
Publisher
Subscriber
Subscriber
Channel 2
subscription event Pubsub
Cloud Functions
• Auto scaling backend for you API
• Simple to manage and build with function based API
Cloud Functions
Cloud Functions
• Write custom business logic on backend
• Micro-services architecture
• Trigger Cloud Functions in various ways
Cloud Functions
Cloud Functions
• Applying the cliched 80-20 rule.
• Covered 80% of the features which one requires on the server side for App development.
• For remaining 20% features, you may want to run your custom code on the cloud.
Cloud Functions
CMS
• Simple installation
• Great support on data viewer: Filter, search and sort the records
• Send push notifications via CMS
• Customization available
CMS
CMS• Instant web-based CMS dashboard for business users
• Configuration of which DB tables / columns to show
• Content type support
• Localization support
• Versioning support
• Audit Log
• Role Based Access Control
• Approval WorkflowCMS
BaaS Types
• Cloud BaaS
• Cloud Hosted Solution
• Open source BaaS
• An on-premise offering which is typically Free and Open Source in nature
BaaS Providers
• Parse.com
• Kinvey
• Kii Cloud
• Google Firebase
Kinvey
• Founded in 2010
• Rich platforms support
• Targeted for Enterprise
Kinvey
Kinvey
Parse
• Acquired by Facebook in April of 2013 (100k apps as in June 2013)
• Shut down hosted solution and open source in January of 2016
• Supporting many client platforms (.NET, ActionScript, Java, Qt, Ruby, PHP, Python and more)
Parse
parse.com (2012)
Firebase
• Focus: Realtime data synchronization
• Founded in 2011
• Acquired by Google in October of 2014
Firebase
Skygear
• Started in Hong Kong in 2014
• Support Web / iOS / Android / Hybrid apps
• Open source + hosted solution
Skygear• Auth: User management, signup / login
• Push Notifications: Sending in-app push, retaining users
• Chat: Embed professional chat features into your app fast
• Cloud DB: Synchronize your data to the cloud
• Pubsub: Broadcasting real time message
• Cloud Functions: Extend your backend with customization
• CMS: Instant web-based CMS dashboard, view and edit data
Detail comparisonSkygear Parse Backend Kinvey Firebase
Data StorageYes, PostgreSQL with MongoDB-like interface and auto-migration
Yes, MongoDB Yes Yes, JSON Tree based
User Management Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cloud Code Yes Yes Yes (Business Logic Code) No
Dashboard Yes Yes Yes Yes
Push Yes Yes Yes Yes
Real Time Pubsub and Query subscription No / Live Query No Yes
Analytics No No Yes Yes
File Storage Yes Yes Yes Yes
API Integration Yes No Yes No
Hosting Open source / On-premise / Managed Cloud Open source deployment Managed Cloud Managed Cloud
Platform Web, Android, iOS and IoT Web, Android, iOS and IoT Web, iOS, Android, Windows, REST API iOS, Android, Web
Best for Most kind of apps MVP apps B2B, B2E Apps Realtime communication apps
How to choose a BaaS?
• Depends on your project requirement and features.
• Aware of the costs you will incur in using the service.
• Take close look at the documentation.
• Is there any Supporting Service.
Conclusion• Saves Time : Utilising existing tools from BaaS.
• Go-to-market time reduced : You don’t need a backend developer to code your app and connect it to database.
• Richer app : You have a much richer apps built on your BaaS.
• Saves few hires : Using BaaS is like hiring 10 best backend hackers.
THE LEAN STARTUPMETHODOLOGY
“Work Smarter, Not Harder”
Please feel free to ask any question.
Thank you
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