@fzeagru I would like to point out the importance of this . The way a good healthy routine affects you is miles more than any small tooling can do . It takes a while to establish as muscle memory but once it does , it pumps you to work in a focused manner and with a constant stream of active concentration spans

I recently came across this app on Android called Github Trends - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laowch.githubtrends&hl=en Have been using it regularly and it just fits my needs . You can also star a repo locally without actually starring it in your profile , which is a huge win for me and i just absolutely love that feature . Asked the developer if he has a donation page for just this feature , unfortunately not , but its a must have for me

I was just checking out this pen :) Coincidence (oh wait ... thats on the front page.... )

There are some inherent issues with Baas providers .The biggest of them is the low reward for maintenance. Big players in the application sector are already self reliant with strong backend infrastructure and its the low market cap count indie developers who are adopting these services . Facebook backing out seems the biggest testament to the fact. I myself have been using Parse for my application - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=iamsupratim.com.ontime The data being served from there is the application category for apps installed on a user device . The parse announcement did come as a shock to me but i was prepared because (may not apply to everyone) i was going to open source the app anyways after a year of maintenance and also release the data publicly . (The parse data) Coming to parse itself . It had won me over with its beautifully written documentation and absolutely no frills written API . I am thankful to the team for serving so many clients with minimum downtime and also releasing the source code for parse server api , and a substantial time and documentation for migration I would totally agree with @JanVladimirMostert for the point he raised . Trusting a service like this is an absolute no brainer when it comes to making production ready code waiting to scale up , but the thing that struck me most was , the parse team was so enthusiastic after the facebook acquisition that it almost meant that they would never die out . But sadly that did happen and there is nothing that you can do to help yourself other than migrate to other Baas like firebase or aws mobility or simply write up your own scaleable infra :)

How much have i thought about starting to use css3 animations :( never started off

I will agree with @Sidhant and @Dhayanandhan on the front that React offers a faster realisation to end product and doesn't skimp on performance at the same time - (over solutions like PhoneGap and sorts ) But there comes a time when pin pointing stuff requires a dive into java . But React in particular is maturing well enough by the moment and might just be a viable solution for production ready code

I know of just one , could run off as an easy admin front end to the data. Albeit i am not sure of its analytical capabilities or even if there is one http://redisdesktop.com/