Facebook's Parse was officially opened to the public as it announced a project that will involve outside developers and finally see what's inside the organization.
On a report by The Next Web, Facebook's backend platform developer Parse confirmed that it will open source all of the organization's software development kits or SDKs.
With this move, the SDKs for iOS, Android, and OS X are now available on GitHub, Tech Crunch added. Aside from the big three, Parse also confirmed that the SDKs for the Windows Phone, JavaScript, Xamarin and React will follow shortly.
On an interview with Parse's co-founder James Yu, he said that what inspired the move was the developer outside Parse that wants to know what's happening inside the organization. He said that the developers wanted to have more transparency and how the SDK interacts with the company's backend servers.
Yu also confirmed that before the confirmation, Parse's SDKs is a completely black box to the outside developers. A lot of developers just put it into their application and use it as it is. However, a lot of the developers wanted to know more about it.
In related news, a blog that Parse has published through Parse.com confirmed the news and mentioned that the organization is thrilled to be part of a long-standing commitment to open source. The blog also pointed out some of Facebook's open source which includes React, Presto, HHVM, OS Query, and RocksDB.
Parse also said that the open source project is a good sign of accelerating innovations, a way to learn its community and collaborate on scalable solutions to the challenges with regard to mobile development.
Aside from the SDKs, Parse will also open a developer's support flow which will use the GitHub Issues, where interactions are open between Parse and other developers, the blog post added. Parse was acquired by Facebook in 2013 as a startup company and has since been working on Facebook's mobile applications.
Facebook's Parse release of the SDKs for iOS, Android and Mac marks a big leap on mobile development. The move also shows how Parse and Facebook adapt to the evolving world of development.
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