This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. Flask is a really cool Python framework for building web applications. One of its major selling points is how simple it is to get started on building apps with it. In this tutorial, we will build a simple Flask CRUD application, and add realtime […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. Nowadays, gathering data is one of the keys to understanding how products are perceived. Gathering some data from users can help you build better products and understand your users. However, all the data in the world would be useless without a way to visualize […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. When building chat applications, it is not uncommon to see something like a friends’ list with the status of the friend. Applications like WhatsApp have this feature and it is very useful to check the status of your friend and know if it is […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. Single Page Applications are awesome! They load fast and give you a lot of control on how you want your application to run. They are parsed by the browser and thus you have control of the DOM elements and all of that goodness. However, […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. Today, we will make a realtime photo feed using .NET and Pusher. We will build a mini system that allows people to upload their images/photographs for everyone to view in realtime. While this can be likened to a mini-Instagram, it is without the comment, […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. When building mobile chat applications, it is not uncommon to see developers adding a delivery status feature that lets you know when the message you sent has been delivered to the recipient. Instant Messaging applications like WhatsApp, Messenger, BBM, Skype and the like all […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. So you have been building and consuming REST APIs for some time now and recently you started hearing about GraphQL, and how people are saying it’s Rest 2.0. Now you are wondering what’s all the fuss about GraphQL and what makes it different from […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. Angular has become the most popular word amongst the front-end/UI developers after jQuery. Angular is a popular JavaScript based open-source front-end development framework maintained by Google and a community of developers/contributors. Angular was started as a side project by Miško Hevery intended to be […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. Progressive Web Apps are experiences that combine the best of the web and the best of apps. They use service workers, HTTPS, a manifest file and an app shell architecture to deliver native app experiences to web applications. In this tutorial, we’ll build a […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. Social chat applications are hugely popular these days, allowing people to stay connected on topics they are interested in from all over the world. In this article we’re going to explore creating a simple chat app in the React Native framework, which allows us […]
This blog post was written under the Pusher Guest Writer program. It is common practice on websites and applications to make viewers aware of how many others have interacted with the same content e.g. YouTube videos. The practice of displaying this information emphasizes the relevance of the resource and draws more attention to it. In […]
Metalsmith static blog with realtime comment features
Sometime, somehow we have wanted to put up a static website and host it somewhere quick, no frameworks, no “2017 latest web tech” to build it with. Just plain HTML and CSS; maybe some JavaScript, nothing too complex. NOTE: In order to send messages to Pusher a server component is necessary. Github pages (or any […]