YC-Funded Parse: A Heroku For Mobile Apps

If you're a mobile developer designing applications for iOS or Android, you're probably intimately familiar with Objective C and/or Java. But there's a decent chance you're not so experienced with the backend server code that's required to enable things like data syncing or authentication. Now Parse, a YC-funded company that's launching in private beta today, has a solution: it'll take care of all of those server-side features, allowing you to focus exclusively on making the mobile client better. And the first 200 readers to sign up here with the code 'techcrunch' will get in. And yes — they own Parse.com. Cofounder Tikhon Bernstam — who was a cofounder and COO at Scribd up until three months ago — explains that many mobile app developers aren't deeply familiar with the server-side code required to manage databases, user authentication, notifications, and other common features. Granted, they can usually figure these things out, but the time it takes to learn and implement these features is far from trivial.

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