For my own selfish need and for testing/learning new things I created Spotify Watchlist. Spotify just recently launched Spotify Apps where an app is a stand-alone html(5) page. Perfect for my Watchlist – if data could be stored somewhere (other than my current mysql).
I stumbled upon unhosted - genius! But having (end) users sign up for a CouchDB (only currently supported storage provider) instance is a bit too much to ask. Tested OpenKeyVal which would have been perfect if it wasn’t for this which wouldn’t even be a problem if they added CORS support.
Today I found parse.com which currently provides iOS and Android SDK’s plus a REST api, I asked for plans for CORS support (security aside, appId/key must be sent in req) and they replied they will add it. I also found storage room which provides a REST/json api – will try that out asap. Must remember Kinvey too.
In this mix I will also try dropbox webcache from 80cols.com for hosting static files on dropbox. Found Lawnchair, a localStore wrapper – nice!
This is an interesting development, hosting is almost taken out of the picture and you can focus even more on designing and coding* your app.
*) design and coding would imply readiness for switching service provider of primarily your storage provider.
