I have a Node.js backend running on an EC2 Instance with a Mongo DB.
I need to make some changes to my iOS App along with the Backend. I have already shared the Frontend Source Code with the developer, but I don't want to share the backend (if I don't have to directly..)
I have come across Github but I am totally new to it - also I am not a developer myself.
How can I use it for my purpose? Also, can 2 developers - say iOS developer and android developer then work on the code at the same time, without causing any mess?
What would you suggest me to do?
Appreciate any help! Thank you
Android and iOS developer can work together it will not cause any issue.
Now coming to your question first of all why a frontend developer needs to look at the backend code?..
If it's necessary ask them particularly what they wants to know may be backend code documentation can help or if the guy just need a look at some specific thing you can use some remote softwares like TeamViewer or else you don't have any options he have to look at code you can use last option to ask him sign the NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement)
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me and my friend are developing new code and we want to maintaine from time to time.
we looking for sodtware or service that can provide us what github and his "friends" are providing but we dont want to store our code on the cloud or in the web.
a software that can provide us something like when someone is working on the code so no one else can work on this in the same time' you know what I mean...
can anyone recommand about software or service like this?
thanks a lot!
Gitlab is easy to install on a Linux server.
It offers a lot of features on the open version, it is what you're searching for I guess.
The Gitlab on the cloud is not free, it is similar to Github, but don't worry you won't have to pay unless you need advanced features (out of issues, PR, basic CI, hooks...) https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#self-managed
First of all you i have to define what you really need. It seems that your are looking for a remote solution that enables you and friends to work together on common code and at the sametime you don't want a "cloud" solution.
By "cloud" i guest you want to say not in internet? If it is so; why don't you try a personnal Gitlab server, hosted on a server in your home or friend's one. If you have serious unix skill this is something that you can envisage or try a private cloud solution as bitbucket.
I'm studying Couchdb right now. It looks like I could use Couchdb as a backend and web server without needing anything else. Am I correct? Do people use Couchdb as a only backend? Are there any disadvantages doing so?
The core team seems to have pulled back from this in recent versions, but a few years ago there was a lot more of a push to run standalone apps straight out of the CouchDB, these standalone apps are called "Couch Apps".
I don't know it was ever really more than a proof-of-concept (ie. I don't know that any significant web app is actually running on this platform), but if you're interested, apparently the tools do all still work, and there's still the http://couchapp.org/ site with a lot of good information.
Update
I want to add that if the problem you're trying to solve is the problem of javascript origin security, then you should know that recent CouchDB supports CORS
Which backend should I use in my app? Basically I want a user to be able to submit a number to the cloud, and have another user be able to receive it.
Is Parse.com the best solution to this?
This article might help you make a choice.
I have seen a couple of projects that initially used parse, but later on switched to helios
. Main reasons being transparency of costs and flexibility.
Is it possible to embed git in the iPhone app? Only in a passive mode, i.e. to be able to read commit messages (with date and user) and diffs given some online git repository in order to present it in some readable table views?
I'm one of the co-authors of cocoagit, which is currently an unfinished implementation of the core git functionality in Objective-C. There has not been much activity in the last 6 months. Unfortunately, it is not far quite far enough along to do everything you need. We can read commits, and have preliminary support for cloning repos, but we can't do diffs yet. Geoff and I would both like to have more time to work on it again, but in the meantime, we would gladly welcome any contributions.
Alternatively, I second the recommendations of previous posters to consider using github, or building your own web service to provide the necessary data.
Git (the command-line client) has been ported to jailbroken iPhones.
It would be easier to write a webapp that generated iPhone specific formatted output. Anything is possible on the iPhone, but to get an App on it you have to pay the $99 to join the club and then run the gauntlet of the Approval Process. A web app doesn't have to be approved by anyone.
It would be possible if you could statically compile the required git functions into your executable. It would require cloning the repository to the device’s disk though.
I’m not sure what your use-case is, but using a hosted website such as GitHub, or making your own web service if that is not possible, would likely be more sensible.
Not sure if this github client for iphone would offer any pointers
http://github.com/schacon/igithub/
It is definitely possible. The BugBranch app does this. According to the about section of the app, it uses libgit2 and objective-git.
You've got a couple options:
1) Get git(1) cross compiling for ARM and the iPhone and then embed them.
2) Use Dulwich and write a small tool you can drive with NSTask that does what you need (don't link your code directly to this or copy their implementation -- it's GPL). This is likely easier than option 1.
3) Write a web server which does what you need and then have your iPhone client access this.
It really depends on what you're doing, why you're doing it, and what infrastructure you've already got set up which option will be the best. For instance, if you already have any sort of server component already (e.g. for push notifications) I would recommend option 3.
Duplicate:
Testing a website for cross-browser/multiple-version support
How do you test visual components
I recently talked to a colleague about a tool we use at work for system testing web applications. The colleague then raised the question as to whether we tested the appearance of the application.
Does anyone else do this and if so, how would one test it to ensure things don't get moved out of place or that things are the correct dimensions etc?
If you want to check what your website looks like in many different browsers checkout Browsershots.
One of my clients was already set up with Litmus when I got there and that project was a breeze to work on. So smooth.
I'd like to be able to roll my own system like that, though. It's too bad they don't sell the actual software - just the service.