Not Just For Native Mobile Apps Anymore: Parse Launches JavaScript SDK

Parse, the Y Combinator-backed startup that powers the back-end for mobile apps like Band of the Day and Hipmunk, is rolling out support for mobile web apps too. The San Francisco startup has a new SDK for JavaScript that makes it easier to build HTML5 apps. Parse has long billed itself as the "Heroku for Mobile," a service that takes over the hassle of building a scalable back-end for applications. The new Javascript SDK comes with security controls, flexible data storage, advanced data queries, user authentication and geolocation. It's built on top of the Backbone.js JavaScript framework from DocumentCloud. Parse co-founder Tikhon Bernstam said about 38 percent of the company's developers had requested HTML5 support. Their current split between iOS and Android is about 65-to-35, but many use both.

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