CloudKit as a backend
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This document discusses CloudKit, Apple's backend as a service (BaaS) that provides a turnkey backend solution for mobile apps. CloudKit allows developers to store and sync data across devices without needing backend server experience. It features fields for common data types, querying, sorting, pagination and push notifications. While providing a more user-friendly dashboard than manual coding, CloudKit's image bandwidth is limited and the public database had bugs in early iOS 10 versions. The document also answers questions about CloudKit's capabilities and limitations.
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CloudKit as a backend
- 1. CloudKit Back-Office clé-en-main Dimitri Dupuis-Latour @dupuislatour
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- 7. CloudKit • Le « Parse » d’Apple (iOS 8) • BaaS : Backend-as-Service • ‘Off-the-shelf’ solution • Skill NOT required: JS, PHP, SQL, Node, REST… • Devenez un vrai « Full-Stack Developer »
- 13. API Features • Fields: (NS)Date, CLLocation, CKAssets… • Query: NSPredicates • Sort: NSSortDescriptors • Pagination (batches of ≅100 records at a time)
- 14. Availability • CloudKit Framework (Swift / ObjC) • CloudKit JS (Javascript) • API HTTP / REST (Server-to-server et Android !)
- 15. Other Features • Push Notification (onInsert, onCreate, onPredicate) • Private Database : • Transparent Authentification : no SignIn/Up • Store user data (ex: favorites…)
- 16. Future Avoiding Parse fate… CloudKit One year later
- 17. Limitations ! • CloudKit handles Transport, not Persistence • Dashboard User-Friendlyness: good, but can be improved (better than manual editing JSON) • Image bandwidth limit rapidly approaching => images hosted on Amazon S3 • Bug in iOS 10.0/10.1 (fixed 10.2): iCloud account required to read public database
- 19. Questions ? Dimitri Dupuis-Latour @dupuislatour dupuislatour@me.com
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