Choosing and Using a Hosting Service For Corona Apps

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I’m interesting in learning more about and using a “server” (still not entirely sure what that means) to store a players’ information such as in-app purchases and settings so that information is trickier to hack/manipulate and so the users’ info transfers across different devices (Clash of Clans, for example).

Right now what I believe I need to know is what [type of] 3rd party/external services do I need to invest in and where can I get solid information on how this is done in a Corona project (step by step tutorials would be awesome).

For example, if I was to use Amazon Web Services, exactly what stinkin’ service do I need!? There’s like a gazillion of them.

I would appreciate personal experience testimonies and really any tidbit of information.

Thank you,

Nathan

#2

The backend for my non-game Corona SDK-built app is in Python on Google App Engine. It’s incredibly scalable (Snapchat uses it). Or you could just get a $10/month server at Linode and run some PHP scrips. Keep in mind your app can still be reverse engineered.

Communication from Corona is via HTTPS REST interface.

#3

I’d suggest checking out Parse.com and this module for connecting to it: https://github.com/develephant/mod_parse – They have a very generous free tier. 

#4

Thanks so much for the suggestions. I’ve started with Parse.com and that amazing module by develephant. For my needs, it’s perfect and almost too good to be true. 

If anyone else is wondering how to get started with a very easy backend to your app(s), do check out develephant’s module for Parse.com! 

https://github.com/develephant/mod_parse

Nathan

#5

The backend for my non-game Corona SDK-built app is in Python on Google App Engine. It’s incredibly scalable (Snapchat uses it). Or you could just get a $10/month server at Linode and run some PHP scrips. Keep in mind your app can still be reverse engineered.

Communication from Corona is via HTTPS REST interface.

#6

I’d suggest checking out Parse.com and this module for connecting to it: https://github.com/develephant/mod_parse – They have a very generous free tier. 

#7

Thanks so much for the suggestions. I’ve started with Parse.com and that amazing module by develephant. For my needs, it’s perfect and almost too good to be true. 

If anyone else is wondering how to get started with a very easy backend to your app(s), do check out develephant’s module for Parse.com! 

https://github.com/develephant/mod_parse

Nathan