Back when I started developing my first mobile app with Ionic (version 1 still) I briefly looked at Parse ... then I tried Firebase, and never looked back. The API was simply 10 times more elegant and easy to work with! I have no clue however how things are nowadays, probably I'd be inclined to roll my own backend ... just because I can. :-)
Once a jobbing developer I have since moved into Management. I continue with a couple of hobby projects to ensure I don't go mad. I focus on iOS/Swift and ROR.
If you don't have interest in backend dev and your focus is really on the mobile app and its features then you shouldn't spend time on developing your own backend, instead a pre-baked 'MBAAS' (mobile backend as a service) is the way to go.
Way back then I was quite satisfied about Firebase, and they've made a lot of progress in the meantime, so it must only have got better.
I've heard you can now not only run database queries and updates but also run some of your business logic on Firebase, so you no longer need to build a 'fat frontend' that contains all of your business logic (which is what we did back then).
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Back when I started developing my first mobile app with Ionic (version 1 still) I briefly looked at Parse ... then I tried Firebase, and never looked back. The API was simply 10 times more elegant and easy to work with! I have no clue however how things are nowadays, probably I'd be inclined to roll my own backend ... just because I can. :-)
I am tempted to roll my own. (ROR) But I ask myself .... is it work the hassle? And I'm 55% responding - No.
I'm not sure - maybe there is an ROR opensource project that provides backend services (Auth/Data). I'm going to hit up DDG to find out.
If you don't have interest in backend dev and your focus is really on the mobile app and its features then you shouldn't spend time on developing your own backend, instead a pre-baked 'MBAAS' (mobile backend as a service) is the way to go.
Way back then I was quite satisfied about Firebase, and they've made a lot of progress in the meantime, so it must only have got better.
I've heard you can now not only run database queries and updates but also run some of your business logic on Firebase, so you no longer need to build a 'fat frontend' that contains all of your business logic (which is what we did back then).