Building Apps with an API-based Backend
summary
Argues that an API-backed backend accelerates mobile development by centralizing data, SDKs and services and shows a working stack built on Cassandra + Java (Spring, Jersey, Jackson) with Tomcat nodes and client SDKs for iOS Android and JavaScript. Demonstrates a store‑locator demo implemented in ~120 lines of code and describes production scale handling of tens of thousands of calls/sec for a top US retailer. Emphasizes security by using end‑user credentials (no master password) and SSL and claims the approach is faster stronger and cheaper.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 2:32Api Backends
- 3:58What Backends and App Development Looks like Today
- 6:12Side Effects
- 10:48Single Api
- 12:40Can You Reuse the Same Multi-Tenant Architecture for All Your Apps
- 17:36Java Stack
- 20:59Security
- 25:32Recap
- 29:51Validator Logic
- 30:58Extend the Stack
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