The FeedHenry platform now offers developers the ability to host their app source files on GitHub. We’re pretty excited that the latest release of the FeedHenry platform supports Git so that our developers can take advantage of its great collaboration features – hosted code sharing, version control and collaborative development.
Creating a FeedHenry app with files hosted on GitHub
Apps are built on the FeedHenry platform by writing code files using HTML5, CSS, and Javascript. APIs can be called from the Javascript code, providing access to device features like GPS and Camera and also server-side features such as caching. These code files now can be stored and shared using an external source-code repository.
Using GitHub features, you can use your preferred code editor and work collaboratively on the same project with other developers. Once your code is ready to be deployed, management options in FeedHenry Studio will pull the latest changes from GitHub or a Post-Receive URL trigger can be setup on GitHub. When changes are pushed to GitHub, it will automatically call the FeedHenry platform so that the latest files can be retrieved.
Now check out how to create an app availing of GitHub.
The easiest way to get started with an App hosted on GitHub is to fork one of the FeedHenry Tutorial repositories. Once the GitHub repository is forked, and the FeedHenry App is created, the developer can then modify the Tutorial App files to get a feeling for how GitHub integration works.
