About the Talk
Want to rapidly spin up a persistent message storage backend without having to install Docker on your local machine?
See how you can use Appwrite’s open-source backend-as-a-service and pre-configured 1-Click setup to more easily build a realtime chat app.
Appwrite helps you manage your applications by providing a set of tools for user management, social login, data storage, file hosting, and more.
What You’ll Learn
- Building an instant message chat app with persistent message storage
- Quickly spinning up a backend and building a rest API with Appwrite
- Enabling multiple users to sign up, log in, and chat in real-time with a React frontend
- Simplifying collaboration and rollout to production
This Talk Is Designed For
Anyone that wants to simplify and speed up building apps with a robust and scalable backend.
Prerequisites
- Knowledge of programming or JavaScript
- Bonus, but not necessary: familiarity with Firebase
Resources
Appwrite 1-Click App on DigitalOcean
Appwrite is a secure, open-source backend server for web, mobile, and Flutter developers. Get all the core APIs required to build any modern application, packaged together as a set of easy-to-use Docker containers.
About the Presenters
Brandon Roberts, DevRel Engineer, Appwrite
Chris Sev, Senior Developer Advocate, DigitalOcean
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About the author(s)
Founder of scotch.io. Slapping the keyboard until good things happen.
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