There are a few steps that one needs to do in order to have the app communicate with Parse's servers. This enables real-time analytics for us, but also allows Parse to know how their products are being used (and whether or not we need to be billed for our use).
First, let's navigate to www.parse.com:
If you've already got an account, simply log in as usual. Otherwise, click on Sign Up to create an account. You will see the following screen:
Follow the signing up process, and when done, you will be asked to create your very first app. If you've just logged on, however, you can create a new app by clicking on the + Create New App button in the upper-right of the window, as shown in the following screenshot:
At this point, you should have the following screen:
Type in an app name (in our case, we used CaveRunner), and then click on Create app. The following screen will appear:
At this point, you need to copy the Application ID and Javascript Key values (pointed...