Who are SWmobile? - IT MegaMeet

Intro to the SWmobile meetup group
Cross Platform tools (presented by Tom Spencer)
MBaaS

Transcript

1. IT Mega Meet 1st June 2013 @swmobilegroup #swmobile Scott Alexander-Bown @scottyab Tom Spencer @fiznool
2. Demo app: http://bit.ly/mbaas
3. Scott Alexander-Bown •  Android Developer •  Passionate about Android and mobile security •  Twitter: @scottyab
4. Tom Spencer •  Web Team Lead •  JavaScript lover •  Find me everywhere: @fiznool
5. SW Mobile - what is it? •  200+ members •  Est. Feb 2012 •  Meetup.com/swmobile •  Locations o  Bristol o  Bath
6. Who's it for?
7. Who's it for?
8. All of your platforms! •  Android •  iOS •  Mobile Web / HTML 5 •  Responsive web •  Windows phone •  Blackberry •  Cross platform •  ....
9. Previous meetups •  Last meetup o  Going Freelance (29/05/2013) •  Previous meetups o  Building apps for both iPhone and iPad o  Hacking iPhone and Android o  What's new in Android/iOS
10. Upcoming meetups •  UI prototyping o  When: end of June o  Bristol Uni •  Programming tools tips swap
11. How to join? • http://www.meetup.com/swmobile/
12. What next? Cross platform mobile apps By Tom Mobile Backend as a Service By Scott
13. Cross platform mobile development by Tom Spencer
14. What are Cross Platform Tools? What are they? Tools and frameworks. The promise: •  Write once •  Run on multiple devices & platforms #swmobile
15. Why should I use them? Because there are a ton of devices out there. And they all have separate native SDKs. #swmobile
16. This is what happens... ...when you try to learn all the native SDKs. #swmobile
17. How many devices? Depends who you listen to... iOS and Android are the main ones. BlackBerry and Windows Phone are worth considering. #swmobile
18. So what are my options? There are lots of cross platform tools. Here are some of them.* Web Native * There are loads more. #swmobile
19. Native Frameworks Recipe: •  Write in one language. •  Press compile. •  Native binaries produced for each platform. Corona SDK Appcelerator Titanium Adobe Flash Builder #swmobile
20. Mobile Web Recipe: •  Write in HTML / CSS / JavaScript. •  Put on server. •  Share URL. HTML5 Sencha Touch jQuery Mobile #swmobile
21. Hybrid Recipe: •  Write in HTML / CSS / JavaScript / native code. •  Wrap in native shell. •  Native binaries produced for each platform. #swmobile
22. PhoneGap Build #swmobile 'Package mobile apps in the cloud'
23. Which one should I go for? #swmobile
24. Which one should I go for? Things to consider. •  Native will always win on performance. •  Web will always win for flexibility. •  Right now, HTML5 support is not good enough on most of the devices in the wild (looking at you, Android). •  Hybrid is a great happy medium, when implemented well, as seen by GMail and Basecamp. •  Otherwise native frameworks are probably* the best. •  But make sure you choose a framework which will last, and will be regularly updated. #swmobile
25. MBaaS Mobile Backend as a Service IT Mega Meet Scott Alexander-Bown @scottyab
26. Agenda: •  Intro •  What is it? o  Key features o  The players •  Roll your own? •  Kinvey: code samples •  Costs •  Demo (if time) •  Final thoughts
27. MBaaS - so what is it? Image: Parse.com
28. So what is it? Ref: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2012/11/29/mobile- backend-as-a-service-mbaas-give-me-liberty-or-give-me- convenience
29. Key features •  User auth o  Social login - Google, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin etc •  User management •  Data storage o  save and sync data objects o  files (large files) •  Cloud code •  Analytics •  Push
30. Features: Kinvey
31. Players
32. Why not just roll your own? •  Pace •  Learning curve •  Stack risk •  Connecting to 3rd party apis •  Scaling
33. All your platforms belong to us... •  Great support: o  Android o  iOS o  Windows o  HTML5 o  Node.js o  Phonegap, Appcelerator
34. Code sample: Save an model object Code sample: kinvey.com
35. Code sample: Login in with Twitter * Note: requires some boilerplate code to get the OAuth token Code sample: kinvey.com
36. Kinvey: 3rd party data integration •  Facebook •  Twitter •  4Sq •  Google Places •  Yahoo local •  LDAP •  ql.io - api aggregator
37. Kinvey: Pricing
38. Parse: Pricing
39. Demo (if time) •  Poke around the console •  Update something on the device - show on console •  Update something on the console - show on device
40. Final thoughts... •  Flavour of the month •  Free to try •  Big time and effort saving •  Great for Proof of Concepts / Hacks Think about •  Where is your data? •  Data export •  Vendor lock in •  Performance for smaller/low use apps •  Costs
41. Questions.... Join us @ meetup.com/swmobile Scott Alexander-Bown @scottyab Tom Spencer @fiznool