api oriented development and web mobile apps to conquer multi platform world

API-oriented development and web mobile apps

to conquer multi-platform world

Natalia Bartol

The Company

The Company

The Company

How

API-oriented development

and

web mobile apps

can help to overcome the challenges of

mobile development ?

Mobile = multiplatform

Different contexts:

Mobile - speed of access

Web - researching, exploring

3rd party access - integrations

Mobile = multiplatform

Mobile = multiplatform

frontend = Android, iPhone, Windows

Phone; Java, Objective C, C#... specialised developers

needed; it’s costly to maintain different stacks for platforms

Mobile = multiplatform

frontend = Android, iPhone, Windows

Phone; Java, Objective C, C#... specialised developers

needed; it’s costly to maintain different stacks for platforms

backend = how do I know my server API is good and

suitable for my app on different platforms

API 1st!

Think about your API first, then create client

apps.

Model your domain in a device-agnostic way.

Use well-established RESTful (hypermedia)

design model.

API 1st!

• reusable

• evolvable/extensible

• helps with continuous deployment

• scaling only what you need

• smaller applications are easier to test and

maintain

...API 1st!?

Caution: Can we design good API without

thinking of what clients actually needs?

...API 1st!?

Caution: Can we design good API without

thinking of what clients actually needs?

Use quick prototyping!

Client prototype should be developed in parallel

to API.

Mobile = multiplatform

Can I avoid writing frontend many times for

different platforms?

Solution known from desktop world:

portable platform

Portable platform What we’ve learnt about UX from Java?

emulated vs. native controls

Mobile = multiplatform

Why does the Web as a portable platform

work?

Different expectations

Users already know the web style on mobile devices

Device builders do the work of porting the web platform

native vs. hybrid vs. web apps

Affordability

User experience

Hybrid Web Mobile apps rule

● write once run everywhere - web is the only real

multiplatform

● independece from screen resolution and form

factor

● transferable skills of web developers

● low costs

● short time to market

● analyse the demand and then decide which

platform to target

Web Mobile apps rule… but are a

trade-off; native experience and

performance is still better.

Mobile development with Zend Cloud Connected apps in Zend Studio

API 1st

Mobile development with Zend Cloud Connected apps in Zend Studio

Quick prototyping

Mobile development with Zend Cloud Connected apps in Zend Studio

integrated Apache Cordova and native tools

Hybrid apps

Mobile development with Zend Zend Server

Mobile development with Zend

Apigility = streamlined interface for API-

enabling your code

http://www.apigility.org

/

Thank you!

Natalia Bartol

natalia.b@zend.com

@nataliabartol