Build a Swift chat app
Learn how to build a group chat app using Swift and Node.js
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Learn how to build a group chat app using Swift and Node.js
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Build your own iOS realtime Twitter feed app and track a custom set of hashtags.
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Build a live comments feature in your iOS app using Swift and PHP.
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Build an iOS photo feed using Swift and Raspberry Pi and enable realtime updates.
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Create your own anonymous chat application on iOS and integrate realtime functionality in it.
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Build a realtime counter on a video viewer iOS application showing how many people have viewed the video.
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Build a typing indicator for you iOS app using Swift, Node.js and Pusher for the realtime features.
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Create a realtime social interactions like floating hearts for your iOS app using Swift
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Build a realtime collaborative text editor on iOS using Swift and Pusher.
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Learn the basics of how to integrate ARKit and Pusher in a iOS app.
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Create an iOS chat application with a message delivery status using Swift, Node.js and Pusher for realtime functionality.
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Create an iOS application with realtime user status updates, similar to WhatsApp.
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Create a simple realtime chart in iOS using Swift, Node.js and Pusher.
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Learn how to use iOS to create a table that is updated across all your devices in realtime.
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Learn how to build your own realtime map on iOS with Swift and Pusher.
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Discover how to build a AR experience for ride hailing apps focused on location and realtime features.
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In this tutorial, learn how to start sending push notifications to your iOS app users with Pusher’s Beams API.
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Push notifications are an essential feature for any food delivery app. Today we will focus on sending relevant push notifications to an iOS food delivery app.
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Learn to build a complete ride-sharing app for iOS, including apps for both driver and rider. Implement push notifications to alert drivers of new jobs, and to let riders know their car is on the way.
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This tutorial takes a thorough look at how to build an iOS app that consumes a news update API and provides realtime alerts to its users. You will build a news publishing CMS in Laravel, with a companion iOS application that sends the latest news as a push notification.
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Learn to build a social network app for iOS, featuring push notifications. In part two, create the app and set up push notifications.
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Learn to build a social network app for iOS, featuring push notifications. In part one, create the backend for the app using Laravel, and start the frontend in Swift.
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Build a chat app for iOS, with a Laravel API backend. In part four, add a couple of extra features: who's typing and online presence. By the end of this section your app will display who is online, last seen times, and who is typing.
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Build a chat app for iOS, with a Laravel API backend. In part two, build the Laravel API. By the end of this section you will have a database and API to support the app.
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Build a chat app for iOS, with a Laravel API backend. In part three, build the iOS application. By the end of this section you will have a working app with instant chat functionality.
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Build a live blogging app for iOS with Swift. Create a backend using Go. Admin users will be able to add blog posts, with the homepage showing the updates in realtime.
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This tutorial dives into machine learning with a practical demo. You will build a convolutional neural network, , before connecting it to an iOS app, creating a machine learning powered iOS image recognition app.
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This tutorial will show you how to build an iOS app that tracks stock prices. It features realtime updates and push notifications. You will build the frontend app in Swift, and the backend in Node.js.
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This two-part series introduces Vapor, a server-side Swift framework. In part one, install Vapor and create an API that can handle basic requests.
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This two part series introduces Vapor, a server-side Swift framework. In part two, take the API we built in part one, and deploy it to Vapor Cloud.
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In this tutorial, we will learn how to implement message delivery status notifications in an iOS application using Swift.
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This six part series takes an in-depth look at Auto Layout in Swift. You will learn how to use Auto Layout to create responsive interfaces for iOS apps. In part one, understand why Auto Layout is recommended, and the problems it solves.
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This six part series takes an in-depth look at Auto Layout in Swift. You will learn how to use Auto Layout to create responsive interfaces for iOS apps. In part two, dive in and create a simple layout.
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This six part series takes an in-depth look at Auto Layout in Swift. You will learn how to use Auto Layout to create responsive interfaces for iOS apps. In part three, gain an understanding of constraints in Auto Layout with a practical example.
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This six part series takes an in-depth look at Auto Layout in Swift. You will learn how to use Auto Layout to create responsive interfaces for iOS apps. In part four, dive deeper into constraints, and examine intrinsic content size, content compression resistance and content hugging.
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This six part series takes an in-depth look at Auto Layout in Swift. You will learn how to use Auto Layout to create responsive interfaces for iOS apps. In part five, learn how to work with stack views.
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Build a Vapor server that sends push notifications and handles simple GET and POST requests. You will also create a simple iOS app, to demonstrate the full functionality.
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This six part series takes an in-depth look at Auto Layout in Swift. You will learn how to use Auto Layout to create responsive interfaces for iOS apps. In part six, learn about layout guides.
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This tutorial demonstrates how to add an online presence feature to an iOS app. You will use Node for the backend, and build a basic example app using Swift.
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This tutorial will guide you through building an app for the Apple watch. Users will be able to create and manage tasks in a simple to-do list app, with the watch and mobile apps communicating in realtime.
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This two-part series will show you how to build a Vapor backed for an iOS application, featuring rich push notifications. The finished app will provide notifications containing images and videos. In part one, build the backend.
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This two-part series will show you how to build a Vapor backed for an iOS application, featuring rich push notifications. The finished app will provide notifications containing images and videos. In part two, build the frontend.
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In this six-part series, build a Laravel error logging service. You will create a custom Laravel package to include in Laravel apps, along with web, Android and iOS frontends. Alerts will publish in realtime, featuring push notifications to mobile. In part one, build the log dispatcher.
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This is a tutorial series for mobile app developers. In this three-part series, we will cover all the basics of what it takes to become a backend developer. You will create backends using Node and Dart, with mobile frontend examples using Android, Swift and Flutter. In part one, cover key concepts around APIs.
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In this six-part series, build a Laravel error logging service. You will create a custom Laravel package to include in Laravel apps, along with web, Android and iOS frontends. Alerts will publish in realtime, featuring push notifications to mobile. In part two, create the logger package.
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In this three-part series, we will cover all the basics of what it takes for a mobile app developer to become a backend developer. You will create backends using Node and Dart, with mobile frontend examples using Android, Swift, and Flutter.
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In this six-part series, build a Laravel error logging service. You will create a custom Laravel package to include in Laravel apps, along with web, Android and iOS frontends. Alerts will publish in realtime, featuring push notifications to mobile. In part three, integrate the logger package into a Laravel app.
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In this tutorial, we will learn how to use AWS Lambda to send push notifications to the iOS app. This tutorial will guide you through setting up Lambda and building both parts of the application. The Lambda function will be written with Node.js.
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In this six-part series, build a Laravel error logging service. You will create a custom Laravel package to include in Laravel apps, along with web, Android and iOS frontends. Alerts will publish in realtime, featuring push notifications to mobile. In part four, build the Android app.
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This is a tutorial for mobile app developers. In this three-part series, we will cover all the basics of what it takes to become a backend developer. You will create backends using Node and Dart, with mobile frontend examples using Android, Swift, and Flutter. In part three, build the frontend.
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In this six-part series, build a Laravel error logging service. You will create a custom Laravel package to include in Laravel apps, along with web, Android and iOS frontends. Alerts will publish in realtime, featuring push notifications to mobile. In part five, build the iOS app.
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In this six-part series, build a Laravel error logging service. You will create a custom Laravel package to include in Laravel apps, along with web, Android and iOS frontends. Alerts will publish in realtime, featuring push notifications to mobile. In part six, build the web frontend.
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Learn how to use AWS Lambda to send push notifications to an iOS. In this tutorial, the Lambda function will be written in Go. This tutorial will guide you through setting up Lambda and building both parts of the application.
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This three part series will walk you through building a simple login approval system. Create a dashboard behind a login with Laravel, and an iOS app. When a user tries to log in to the web dashboard, they receive an iOS notification to approve or deny the login. In part one, set up the dashboard.
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This three part series will walk you through building a simple login approval system. Create a dashboard behind a login with Laravel, and an iOS app. When a user tries to log in to the web dashboard, they receive an iOS notification to approve or deny the login. In part two, build the backend.
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This three part series will walk you through building a simple login approval system. Create a dashboard behind a login with Laravel, and an iOS app. When a user tries to log in to the web dashboard, they receive an iOS notification to approve or deny the login. In part three, build the iOS app.
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Learn how to send push notifications from a Dart server to Android and iOS. This tutorial walks you through building the backend in Dart, before creating simple demo apps for both Android and iOS. Full code samples are provided.
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In this tutorial you will learn how to trigger push notifications on an iOS device by using Beams and a Microsoft Azure function running NodeJS. The tutorial provides step by step guidance on setting up an Azure function and creating a simple demo app.
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This tutorial will show you how to use Apple's CallKit to create an iOS app that you can use to add names and numbers to a caller ID list, and add numbers to a block list. In part one we will build the user interface.
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This tutorial will show you how to use Apple's CallKit to create an iOS app that you can use to add names and numbers to a caller ID list, and add numbers to a block list. In part two, create the CallKit extension.
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The tutorial will help you understand what each part of the Beams API does in a client iOS app. You will look at an iOS project demonstrating the full API of the iOS Beams SDK, and receive pointers for how to set the demo project up as well as how to send push notifications to test it.
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Azure Functions are serverless and work on a pay as you go model, which is useful if you only need to send push notifications every so often. In this tutorial, explore how to setup Pusher Beams on an iOS client using an Azure Function running Java to trigger the notifications.
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When using music streaming services like Spotify, you can see realtime technology in action when you are using multiple devices. On the other devices, you can see how much playtime has elapsed. This three-part tutorial series looks at how to integrate this feature into your application. In the first part, build the web API.
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When using music streaming services like Spotify, you can see realtime technology in action when you are using multiple devices. On the other devices, you can see how much playtime has elapsed. This three-part tutorial series looks at how to integrate this feature into your application. In the second part, add realtime functionality to a prebuilt iOS client application.
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Build a chat app for iOS, with a Laravel API backend. In part one, prototype the app and explore Clean Swift Architecture. By the end of this section you will have a clearly defined workflow for the application.
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