What do I want Parse to do?

What is parse, why is it significant? It allows HTML/JavaScript developers to write fully functional web apps without any backend at all. And because phonegap webapp therefore mobile apps.

Some apps. Not all.

Why not more apps? This is the question. What do we need that is required but parse does not or can not provide?

First of all we need hosting. GitHub is awesome. But by giving hosting parse can become a one stop solution. Here I am talking about GitHub pages style static hosting.

Then comes google. Google wants data in the page, and parse asks you to fetch the data after page load. To make google happy we need a degree of dynamism.

Here is what I propose: parse dynamic pages. Parse developers attach URL regex with JavaScript callbacks. Parse engine matches the URL and calls the callback. The callback calls parae api to fetch data and uses django style rendering engine to render the page. Parse dynamic engine only responds to GET requests.

That will make me happy. And an unlimited credit for their service for my personal apps.

PS: Can parse do server side javascript evaluation of scripts supplied by untrusted developers? They already do.


Published: Oct 19 2012

 
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