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Why early-stage startups should sponsor hackathons
Company

Why early-stage startups should sponsor hackathons

Sponsoring hackathons is expensive, time-consuming, and not suited for early-stage startups? We at Smartcar are convinced of the opposite.

  • Zeenia Framroze
    Zeenia Framroze
3 min read
Announcing API usage tracking
Product

Announcing API usage tracking

Monitor the API requests your application is making to Smartcar

  • Sydney Palumbo
    Sydney Palumbo
2 min read
Which hackathons will Smartcar attend in 2019?
Company

Which hackathons will Smartcar attend in 2019?

Find out here and get ready to hack this year!

  • Charlotte Kosche
    Charlotte Kosche
3 min read
A year with Smartcar: 2018 in review
Company

A year with Smartcar: 2018 in review

Our team has spent a fantastic year and would like to share its favorite memories with you!

  • Charlotte Kosche
    Charlotte Kosche
3 min read
Box Care
Company

Box Care

How Box Care uses Smartcar’s API in their on-demand car care app

  • Zeenia Framroze
    Zeenia Framroze
2 min read
Announcing the new documentation center
Product

Announcing the new documentation center

Quickly and easily integrate Smartcar’s API into your app

  • Karthik Bhaskara
    Karthik Bhaskara
2 min read
Introducing the Smartcar Garage
Company

Introducing the Smartcar Garage

A program for early-stage developers who build apps for cars

  • Zeenia Framroze
    Zeenia Framroze
2 min read
How to build a car sharing app using Smartcar and Sentry
Engineering

How to build a car sharing app using Smartcar and Sentry

Sentry.io Developer Evangelist Chloe Condon met two of our engineers for her video series “Exception Perceptions”

  • Emre Sonmez
    Emre Sonmez
2 min read
Introducing the new and improved JavaScript SDK
Product

Introducing the new and improved JavaScript SDK

Build single-page applications for cars with Smartcar’s most popular front-end SDK

  • Nathan Shelly
    Nathan Shelly
5 min read
How Smartcar uses Segment for an improved developer experience
Engineering

How Smartcar uses Segment for an improved developer experience

Tracking user interactions in Segment enables Smartcar to build a better product

  • Emre Sonmez
    Emre Sonmez
5 min read
How Spiffy locates and unlocks cars using the Smartcar API
Company

How Spiffy locates and unlocks cars using the Smartcar API

The on-demand car care app uses Smartcar to let customers share a virtual key to their vehicle.

  • Charlotte Kosche
    Charlotte Kosche
3 min read
Build an on-demand car wash app with Smartcar
Company

Build an on-demand car wash app with Smartcar

The Smartcar team enables car wash businesses to level up.

  • Zeenia Framroze
    Zeenia Framroze
2 min read
Announcing live and test modes in the Smartcar authorization flow
Product

Announcing live and test modes in the Smartcar authorization flow

Build and test your app without access to a real car.

  • Emre Sonmez
    Emre Sonmez
2 min read
What the React? Routing & redesign
Engineering

What the React? Routing & redesign

How we implemented nested routing with React Router in our dashboard redesign

  • Sydney Palumbo
    Sydney Palumbo
4 min read
What the React? Your first 30 seconds with Smartcar
Engineering

What the React? Your first 30 seconds with Smartcar

How we use React-Router, Redux, and Redux-Sagas to load your API credentials on login

  • Emre Sonmez
    Emre Sonmez
4 min read
Building car apps without hardware: a story in six examples
Company

Building car apps without hardware: a story in six examples

At the Smartcar + Hackbright Academy Connected Car Hackathon, participating teams built six awesome apps using our API

  • Charlotte Kosche
    Charlotte Kosche
4 min read
Unveiling Smartcar’s developer dashboard redesign
Product

Unveiling Smartcar’s developer dashboard redesign

Integrating apps with connected cars has never been easier — thanks to our brand-new developer dashboard

  • Sydney Palumbo
    Sydney Palumbo
2 min read
How to prepare for a hackathon
Company

How to prepare for a hackathon

Hackbright Academy and Smartcar are hosting a hackathon in San Francisco.

  • Charlotte Kosche
    Charlotte Kosche
4 min read
How we use Apache Avro at Smartcar
Engineering

How we use Apache Avro at Smartcar

Smartcar uses Avro to create a safe, secure, and scalable interface to communicate with cars

  • Gurpreet Atwal
    Gurpreet Atwal
5 min read
Live demo woe? Not today!
Company

Live demo woe? Not today!

Smartcar builds an app and makes a request to the Smartcar API live at API World 2018

  • Zeenia Framroze
    Zeenia Framroze
3 min read
Taking a peek “Under the Hood” with Smartcar
Company

Taking a peek “Under the Hood” with Smartcar

Learnings from our first developer workshop hosted at NEA

  • Sydney Palumbo
    Sydney Palumbo
3 min read
What the React? Sagas and side effects
Engineering

What the React? Sagas and side effects

Our first rendition of “What the React?” has arrived! Today, we’re going to dive into how we handle side effects in our React apps at Smartcar.

  • Emre Sonmez
    Emre Sonmez
4 min read
What the React? Engineers (in cars) talking React apps
Engineering

What the React? Engineers (in cars) talking React apps

Hey there! Welcome to our mini-series on how we build React apps at Smartcar!

  • Emre Sonmez
    Emre Sonmez
2 min read
Office hour series: “Under the Hood” at Smartcar
Company

Office hour series: “Under the Hood” at Smartcar

Welcome to Smartcar’s office hour series, Under the Hood!

  • Briana Richardson
    Briana Richardson
2 min read
Announcing multi-application support
Product

Announcing multi-application support

Registering your apps and building on Smartcar just got a lot easier.

  • Emre Sonmez
    Emre Sonmez
1 min read
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