Apologize to all the Backend Developers, including myself, for debating such an aggressive topic. Backend development will not die in 30 years but will be pushed more to be a service and not related to a specific product. What is new now will be standard in this industry in 3 years. But there are some insights about Backend as a service that are popping up as backend developers it is good to be aware of.

Backend as a Service(BaaS) is a cloud-hosted solution that is packaged with an end goal that offers standard services(APIs or SDKs) to be accessed by other applications. The application uses middleware called Backend as a service to execute traditional services. It offers online-integrable APIs for a web or mobile application.

For developers with little time and resources to provide a solution, this will be a fantastic way to have ready-to-use components for the application right out of the box. For instance, authentication and storage might be easily integrated, similar to accessing an API, without the implementation, infrastructure, and other management and complexity issues that come with each phase.

So here are the 5 popular applications I found for BaaS:

🏆 1 - Firebase: One of the most popular services. It is a BaaS that enables the development of web and mobile apps without using a server-side programming language. A real-time database that synchronizes data can be used to store user data.

🏆 2 - Back4App: It is a backend provider as a service built on top of Parse Open Source. You may utilize it to quickly create your app, easily host it, and keep total command of your Backend. It's a fantastic choice to host apps made with the Parse framework.

🏆 3 - AWS Amplify: A library that enables developers to create apps using cloud services for mobile and online applications.

🏆 4 - Backendless: It is a cloud backend business that enables companies to develop applications (web/mobile) without having to program servers.

🏆 5 - Cloudboost: A javascript backend with a real-data applications focus. This service allows developers to create both web and mobile apps.

As a Backend developer, learn how these services work and get familiar with these services, then try to use them to build your own Backend as a service. It is time to come out of the custom development way of thinking. In the future, creating an app will be as simple as possible.