How To Use Parse (Swift, Xcode) - Ep 13 - Parse Relational Data and Objects

How To Use Parse with Swift and Xcode
Lesson 13
In this lesson, we look at relationships between objects or classes in our Parse backend. How do you specify that a piece of data links to another piece of data?

In this series, I'll show you guys how to leverage Parse in your Xcode projects and apps to save data and media (such as images and sounds) and then to retrieve them through the Parse API.

Parse is a backend as a service that gives your app database abilities without having to manage your own. The free tier is very generous and sufficient for most apps.

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[ohcrazydiamond]

Omg Chris, all your tutorials that you made using Parse! And now is shutting down the service! I still can't believe it!

[andrewpaulhart]

Chris, I really like your tutorials, perfect length, to the point, informative. I'd encourage you to keep publishing more in the Parse series even though Parse has announced it is closing. Parse have announced that they will be making the product open source, many people are bound to install it on Amazon EC2 or Heroku and continue using it. I alsoI can't believe that with so many users out there and so many apps dependent on parse that someone won't pick it up for further development. So Im sticking with Parse, now I just need someone to teach me :)

[flemmingovesen]

Hi Chris :-) Now where Parse is shutting down, do you have a alternative to Parse ?

[mrcartier]

Chris thanks for your all your efforts. It's too bad Parse won't be around in the future. As far as alternatives go who knows? I suppose the best choice is to setup your own server but people would have never created a Parse account if they wanted to do that in the first place...

[vickykorpal]

Hi Chris, I really loved your tutorials, however one question, would you be able to show how can i use a Parse model. i.e. instead of writing queries and all into View Did Load methods or View did appear, Create a PFClass Object and use the functions defined in that class. For example, creating new swift file, define a class and methods in it and use that class to fetch objects. possibly async way for performance. Thank you

[JHarding]

Well, I have to say that I have enjoyed using parse for a little over a year now. Hard to believe that Facebook decided it was no longer going to keep parse functioning... It's probably for better though- they provided a set of tools to host that data on your own server, which means as much storage and bandwidth as you can handle. Maybe you can continue the series by making an episode on migration and creating your own server with the tools they provided Chris.

[OnionKnight]

Hi Chris, question: can there be a pointer that doesn't point to a user's objectId? Say, I want to retrieve all the items sold at Store A. I want a query that says, when I press Store A, I get all those objects with a Store A value. This sounds easy, but it's giving me a lot of trouble. Thanks.

[georgepoulos]

I'm really bummed about the Parse shut down. I have a live app fully relying on it

[Alfakhri]

Do you have an idea how to implement a mechanism for users to block abusive users in parse server?

[superwsuperw]

Is Cloudkit a good replacement for parse?

[cristiandiazq]

...and this is how they just shot down a great series of tutorials:
...Chris are you going to move on to Firebase?

[piotriosdev]

You made realy good job and in my opinion Parse.com is much more easier than Firebase to use, but today's info about prase.com killed me almost. Are you going to do some tutorial about firebase? You can explain everything very clearly and in simple words!

[TheWalrusVideos]

Which alternative to Parse is better?
or Firebase?

[davidwwww]

Wow! How unfortunate. What a waste of time you've spent Chris. Facebook is shutting down Parse next year. Should have chosen Firebase.... it has far more potential...