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Building a Full Cloud Backend with James Cowling

Aug 29, 2023

James Cowling, expert in building and maintaining popular apps and backends, discusses how Convex offers a simpler full-stack developer experience. They cover topics such as serverless backends, reactive UI frameworks, developer experience vs. user experience, the role of abstraction in language learning, the power of abstractions in database design, the challenges of implementing algorithms, and the dominance of JavaScript in the software industry.

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Quick takeaways

Convex is a real-time backend platform that offers a simpler full-stack developer experience using TypeScript and is designed with reactive UI frameworks in mind.

Convex abstracts away complex backend problems and provides a straightforward development experience, allowing developers to focus on building applications.

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The Growth and Benefits of Serverless Backend Platforms

Serverless backend platforms are rapidly gaining popularity due to their ability to accelerate application development and improve the developer experience. Convex, a real-time backend platform, offers a full-stack developer experience using TypeScript and is designed with reactive UI frameworks in mind. Convex aims to simplify backend infrastructure and enables engineers to build applications and products that scale. It provides a platform as a service with features for web and mobile applications. Convex's design allows developers to quickly get started and build productive applications without the need for a separate backend team.

Introduction

2min

Convex: A Developer Experience Platform

22min

Comparing Developer Experience to User Experience and the Importance of Game Design in Learning

2min

The Role of Abstraction in Language Learning and Domain Interaction

2min

The Power of Abstractions in Database Design

11min

The Role of MVPs and Data-Driven Decision-Making

7min

The Challenges of Implementing Algorithms and the Dominance of JavaScript in the Software Industry

6min

Serverless backend platforms are cloud services that simplify the process of building a backend. These platforms are growing rapidly in popularity because they can greatly accelerate application development, and improve the developer experience. Convex is a real-time backend platform that uses 100% TypeScript and is designed with reactive UI frameworks in mind. The team behind Convex has built and maintained some of the most popular apps, backends and exabyte-scale storage projects at companies like Dropbox and Google.

James Cowling is the Co-Founder and CTO at Convex, and he joins us to discuss how Convex offers a simpler full-stack developer experience.

Full disclosure: Convex is a sponsor of Software Engineering Daily.

Jeff is a DevSecOps engineer with experience in security, the software development life cycle, and cloud technologies. His advanced expertise in HashiCorp technologies places him as one of the most sought after trainers in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions and beyond. Jeff has worked for a range of different companies – from small startups to some of the biggest financial institutions. He now successfully runs his own consultancy that provides services in DevSecOps, Cloud and Security. You can find Jeff at hemmen.lu.

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