Frontend + backend: an app that remembers
The moment you want to see something on another device, or track it together with someone, you need storage. We call that a backend.
All episodes in this series
- 01Mia OS in 60 seconds
- 02Your first app in one sentence
- 03Refining in The Atelier
- 04Frontend only: an app without a server
- 05Frontend + backend: an app that remembers
- 06Backend only: an app without a screen
- 07Take your app live on the internet
- 08Publishing in the Mia App Store
- 09Installing an app from the App Store
- 10Pushing updates as a maker
- 11Private sharing through Mia Connect
- 12What does an app cost? Credits explained
- 13From idea to shared app
When you need a backend
Three signals: you want to see it on multiple devices, you want to track it together with someone, or your data must never disappear. In all three cases a database belongs to it.
How to ask for it
Simply say it in so many words during the intake: *"it has to be saved, and I want to keep it up together with my partner"*. Under *who will use it*, choose something other than "just me".
Mia then creates the storage and the connection to it herself. You see none of that — you just get an app that works.
The proof
Add something on your laptop, refresh your phone, and there it is. One list, two devices, always the same.
For apps like this Mia builds an admin panel by default: a separate screen where you as the owner can view and change everything.
Frequently asked questions
Where does my database live?
In your own Mia OS environment, on your own server. Not at a third party.
Can someone else reach my data?
Only if you make the app public or share it explicitly. By default it is yours alone.
Dig deeper
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