Build a Rails API-backed mobile app with RubyMotion (and RedPotion)

Getting started with mobile app development is now easier than ever, thanks to recent advancements in the RubyMotion community. In this session, you will learn about RedPotion, a framework known as the "Rails of iOS development", learn how to build a "mobile-friendly" API, and how to consume that API from a mobile app.

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1. MOBILE APP LEARN HOW TO BUILD A WITH RAILS API-BACKED
2. ANDREW HAVENS WHO AM I? Lead Software Engineer at JustFor ‣ 7 years building APIs ‣ 2 years building mobile apps @misbehavens andrewhavens email@andrewhavens.com
3. Now available on the App Store!
4. bit.ly/build-a-mobile-app
5. bit.ly/build-a-mobile-app ▸ Install Xcode ▸ Make sure you have iOS 9.3 SDK installed: ▸ xcodebuild -showsdks ▸ Clone the demo repository ▸ Install the RubyGem and CocoaPod dependencies
6. BUILDING AN API WITH RAILS
7. BUILDING AN API WITH RAILS ▸ Rendering JSON ▸ Versioning ▸ Authentication
8. BUILDING AN API WITH RAILS ▸ Rendering JSON — active_model_serializers gem ▸ Versioning — namespace our routes ▸ Authentication — Add token auth to Devise
9. CODE REVIEW
10. WHY USE RUBYMOTION?
11. WHY USE RUBYMOTION? ▸ Native apps, Ruby syntax ▸ Keep your editor ▸ Save time and share resources ▸ Third-party libraries ▸ Lower learning curve ▸ Tight knit community
12. TEXT TRULY NATIVE APPS
13. CROSS-PLATFORM motion-game ▸ Library for creating cross-platform games ▸ Wrapper for cocos2d and box2d flow ▸ A set of cross platform libraries (“the missing standard lib”) ▸ Still in early development
14. THIRD-PARTY LIBRARIES
15. http://motion-toolbox.com
17. TEXT ProMotion CDQ (Core Data Query) AFMotion SDWebImage
18. *POTION FAMILY MEET THE
19. TEXT THE *POTION FAMILY (Android) (macOS) WhitePotion (tvOS) BlackPotion (iOS)
20. TEXT RedPotion ProMotion CDQ (Core Data Query) AFMotion SDWebImage
21. A DARK ROOM CREATOR OF leanpub.com/survivingtheappstore
22. GREAT DOCUMENTATION
25. motioneers.herokuapp.com
26. GETTING STARTED WITH REDPOTION
27. bit.ly/build-a-mobile-app ▸ Install Xcode ▸ Make sure you have iOS 9.3 SDK installed: ▸ xcodebuild -showsdks ▸ Clone the demo repository ▸ Install the RubyGem and CocoaPod dependencies
28. RedPotion Core Concepts ProMotion ▸ ViewControllers Screens RMQ - RubyMotion Query ▸ “jQuery for RubyMotion” ▸ Views/Events/Styling RedAlert ▸ Alerts and Action Sheets AFMotion ▸ Easy to use HTTP Client CDQ - CoreData Query ▸ Wraps CoreData in an ActiveRecord-like syntax rake newclear ▸ When things go wrong, just nuke it.
31. bit.ly/build-a-mobile-app