When: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Timezone: America/Phoenix)

Register now: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/920503433

Note: even thought the tutorial mentions Tiggzi, all the steps should work the same way in Appery.io

Many believe that to build a mobile app (HTML, hybrid, or native) all you need is to create a mobile backed. In the article What Happens When Almost Anybody Can Build A Mobile Business App? the author talks about how easy it is to create a mobile app using build.io backend services. And it is very easy — to create the mobile backend. But who is going to create the app UI and then connect the UI to the mobile backend? A mobile app is not just the backend. A mobile app has user interface (UI), backend services, 3rd party APIs and then connections between UI and the services.

What tools can you use to build the mobile UI and connect the UI to the services? One response I recently got was: “Use Eclipse or xCode”

The reason you would be using cloud-based backend services is because they are very simple to create and use. You don’t have to install anything, configure anything. Just sign up and start building your backend. Eclipse and xCode are very powerful tools but they are not easy to use. They are traditional tools meaning they need to be downloaded, installed and configured. At least for Eclipse, you would need to download and configure various frameworks to build the app UI. It’s not easy and will take a long time. So, why would you easily create a cloud-based mobile backend but then pick more complicated tools for building the UI?

A mobile app is more than just a backend. It is mobile UI, backend services and 3rd party APIs, all integrated. Appery.io is the only cloud-based platform that provides all the tools you need:

1. Visual and source UI development tools
2. Integrated backend services (BaaS)
3. Connections to any API as well as pre-built connectors to many popular APIs

The other major component is cloud-based visual UI builder for creating HTML5, jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap apps (Parse and other backend as service provider are not offering UI tooling).

Appery.io is a cloud platform that provides:

1. Visual and source UI development tools (HTML5, jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap)
2. Backend Services (Database, Push Notifications, Cloud Code)
3. Visual data binding tools for connecting to any 3rd party APIs, plus API plug-ins (pre-built services to popular APIs such as Salesforce, Foursqaure)

View more pictures from day 1 and day 2.

Three of the apps were features on TechCrunch:

Bar Power
Bar Power Is A Nightlife App To Help You Be Less Of A Jerk At Bars

Storykid
Is An App That Helps Young Ones Tell Stories (And Their Parents, Too)

Kar Nanny
Helps You Track Your Kids And Cheating Spouse Using GM’s App Platform

This weekend (April 27-28) Appery.io team is going to be at the TechCrunch Distrupt Hackathon in New York City. We are going to be offering great prizes if you build your app using the Appery.io platform.

• 1st place best app: $3,500
• 2nd place best app: $,1000
• 3rd place best app: $500

But, you can win even more! There are many other sponsors, in particular API sponsors that offer prizes if you build an app using their APIs. To help you win even more prizes, we have built plug-ins for various API sponsoring the hackathon:

• AT&T In-App Messaging and Location API (up to $7,000 in prizes)
• CrunchBase API (tickets to TC Disrupt conference in Berlin)
• Pearson API ($500 worth of Amazon gift cards)
• Twilio API

By building your app in Appery.io with some of the APIs that also offer prizes, you increase your chances of winning! Appery.io team will be there during the hackathon to answer any questions you might have.

We have created a special hackathon page where you can sign up for a free Pro plan and watch a recording of  a special webinar, prepared just for the hack.

Good luck and hope to see you there!

Connecting to Salesforce API to display contact list in a mobile app

Our new YouTube Channel.

The entire Exadel team is super excited to launch Appery.io.

First, some history. Appery.io has come a very long way since its roots as a prototype-building tool. Because of its heritage, the service is great at rapidly building mobile apps using a visual IDE. However, the product is now a complete cloud-based platform with integrated backend services and a rich catalog of plug-ins that make it easy to integrate with cloud services (including enterprise systems such as Salesforce.com). We are introducing a new brand to reflect the evolution of Appery.io as well as to support where our platform is headed. .

A Complete Mobile Platform

An app is not just UI. An app is not just backend services. A true mobile app is UI, plus mobile backend services, and access to 3rd party APIs. Appery.io is unique because it is the only cloud-based platform with visual development tools and integrated backend services. The Appery.io platform has the following features:

• Visual, drag and drop UI builder (HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, libraries such as jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap, etc)
• 3rd party REST API services
• Out-of-the-box API Plug-ins to services such as Salesforce.com, Aetna CarePass, ESPN, AT&T and many more. You can always connect to any API of your choice
• Backend services
  • Database
  • Push Notifications
  • User Management
  • File storage
• HTML5 app hosting
• iOS and Android Binary build
• Secure Enterprise Integration with Exadel RESTXpress

As you can see, Appery.io is complete mobile platform offering cloud-based visual development tools for UI, and cloud-based backend services and API tools.

We will continue to invest in Appery.io to make it even more powerful. As an example, the service already provides access to the source code via the new Source view. Soon, we’ll allow you to edit the source to provide even more flexibility. You’ll see many more new features in coming releases. We are working on Server-side code feature where you will be able to write custom server code and invoke it in your app. We are also working on versioning and source control features. And of course adding even more API plug-ins.

All your apps have been migrated to Appery.io and you will stay on the pre-Appery.io subscription plan. We do now offer a single and simplified pricing. You can always change to any of our new plans.

New Links and Getting Help

Our new links

Platform: http://appery.io

Help and docs: http://docs.appery.io

Blog: http://blog.appery.io

Forum: http://appery.io/forum

Twitter: http://twitter.com/apperyio

Facebook: http://facebook.com/apperyio – Please Like us on our new page

YouTube: http://youtube.com/apperyio

Support email: support@appery.io

As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to use the links above to contact us.

Thank you,

The very proud Appery.io team.