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Cristiano Betta
September 03, 2013
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The state of packaged web apps
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September 03, 2013
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Transcript
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Developer evangelist
Hacker advocate
Developer emberads!
Extensions for Paypal, EMberads, Minutebox
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Chrome extensions developer.chrome.com/extensions Firefox addons developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extensions
Chrome packaged apps developer.chrome.com/apps/ FF OS priviliged apps Bit.ly/priviliged_apps
Opera/safari extensions phonegap
Pros • Native experience • Deeper integration with os • Works offline • Always
there cons • Differences in apis • Approval processes • Js mvcs
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h"p://developer.chrome.com/apps/app_architecture.html
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client network server Server side code
data resources Regular web apps
web app transport server Server side code
data data resources resources Regular web apps cons • High bandwidth transfer • Won’t work offline • Limited apis pros • No JS required • Deploy once
“One of the many super outcomes of the HTML5 evolution
is that browser vendors are striving towards interoperability – even Microsoft is talking of “same markup” Bruce lawson, 2011
client web app tcp/ip server Server
side code data storage resources app cache Installable web apps
client web app tcp/ip server Server
side code data storage resources app cache Installable web apps
Installable web apps Chrome hosted apps developers.google.com/chrome/apps firefox os apps
developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS
web app transport server Server side code
data data resources resources Regular web apps cons • Caching expiry is a pita • Limited apis Pros • Lower bandwith requirements • can work offline
zip client web app transport server
Server side code data storage resources Packaged web apps
zip client web app transport server
Server side code data storage resources Packaged web apps
Packaged web apps Chrome extensions developer.chrome.com/extensions Firefox addons developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extensions
Packaged web apps Opera extensions phonegap
Packaged web apps Chrome packaged apps developer.chrome.com/apps/ FF OS priviliged
apps Bit.ly/priviliged_apps
web app transport server Server side code
data data resources resources Regular web apps cons • Requires install • Requires js • syncing Pros • Low bandwith requirements • Works offline • Advanced apis
Painless Payments for Droids Tim Messerschmidt
manifests
Chrome extensions
Chrome packaged apps
Firefox open web apps
Firefox mini manifest
Standards?
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W3c widgets
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Opera extensions Before they moved to using chrome
packages
.crx 7-Zip file with a json manifest
.xpi Zip file with a json manifest And the entire
SDK
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Chrome extensions ui
Chrome extensions ui
Chrome extensions ui
Firefox addons ui
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Chrome packaged apps
Chrome packaged apps
Chrome packaged apps
storage
Html5 local storage + indexeddb
Chrome storage api
Other api differences
Message passing
Disk access
Bluetooth/usb access
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Zip + upload == live
Zip + upload == approval process
Minimized JS
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Custom jquery version
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Sign on credentials
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Early days
Standards are to evolved
Client side JS MVCs are still young
Benefits are tempting
Mobile?
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chrome developer.chrome.com firefox Developer.mozilla.org
Try making your own and tell me
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