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Build an iOS App on Heroku in 10 Minutes

by matttthompson on 11/19/12, 5:59 PM with 27 comments

  • by pooriaazimi on 11/19/12, 8:17 PM

    Looks very nice, but I have a feeling that it's like iOS Storyboards: Great for simple demo apps, but very painful when you have slightly more complex needs.

    For example I don't know how it can handle the following (kinda conventional for a web app) situation: Multiple users, some are admins and some are regular users, with some shared "data" (like, an item for sale) between the two. Moderators can add/remove/edit items and edit/remove users, users can browse/buy items, etc. - I think if you're building an app like this, you really have to roll your own CRUDful server (with ruby or whatever)...

    Oh, and BTW, RestKit[1] is probably much more mature and feature-rich than AFIncrementalStore.

    [1]: http://restkit.org

  • by iwaffles on 11/19/12, 7:35 PM

    This seems like a really easy way for iOS developers to build/prototype apps with a cloud backend.

    Is there any security to this or is it just good for prototyping? What's to stop me from requesting user accounts with passwords?

  • by conradev on 11/19/12, 7:52 PM

    Just as a general advisory, from AFIncrementalStore's README:

    > This is still in early stages of development, so proceed with caution when using this in a production application. > Any bug reports, feature requests, or general feedback at this point would be greatly appreciated.

    While it is a great library already, and built up from solid core frameworks, it has its share of bugs and rough edges!

  • by pierrebouchet on 11/19/12, 6:26 PM

    This looks like competition for Parse (and a few others I guess, but Parse was the first one I heard of). However I have tried neither. Is there anyone who's tried both? What are their pros/cons?

  • by magicarp on 11/19/12, 6:21 PM

    So with this, is Heroku going after Parse?

  • by holgersindbaek on 11/19/12, 6:25 PM

    This looks awesome.

    What would you do if you wanted to create a web-app version of your mobile app as well?

    Would you hook it up to the api that is generated?

  • by mmanfrin on 11/20/12, 4:53 AM

    As someone who is just learning how to be okay at testing in rails/ruby, this both amazes and terrifies me.

  • by shaaaaawn on 11/19/12, 6:45 PM

    this is perfect timing. We just spent the weekend getting an app deployed on heroku for desktop view. thanks!

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