«I knew there had to be a better way to build mobile app»
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The document discusses the advantages of building mobile applications using hybrid technologies instead of native development, highlighting the complexities of managing multiple code bases. It introduces frameworks like PhoneGap/Cordova and Ionic, which allow for single code base development utilizing familiar web technologies. Additionally, it mentions Xamarin for Windows development and explores the integration of emerging technologies and devices.
«I knew there had to be a better way to build mobile app»
- 2. I knew there had to be a be.er way to build mobile app Alius Petraška, Senior Mobile Developer
- 3. This talk will go on for! 12 hours * * not really
- 4. You want to make mobile app because • The world is moving • Everybody's making mobile apps these day • It makes million dollars • For your business • ...
- 7. But… • You're not mobile app developer? • You don't know Java, Objective-C? • You want to build app that run ! everywhere • Other ten thousand reasons...
- 9. Native Apps • Proficiency in each platform required • Entirely separate code bases • Timely & expensive development • Diminishing returns • More Platforms. More Problems. • Why are we still coding for multiple platforms?
- 10. But you want to go with cool web technologies…
- 11. Hybrid Apps • Hybrid Apps: HTML5 that acts like Native • Web wrapped in native layer • Direct access to native APIs • Familiar web dev environment • Develop a single code base (web platform)
- 15. History 2009: PhoneGap started at Nitobi 2011: PhoneGap purchased by Adobe 2012: PhoneGap donated from Adobe to Apache 2012: renamed as Cordova Today: PhoneGap is a distribution of Cordova
- 16. Under the hood The UI layer is a web browser view • 100% width • 100% height Headless web browser • No URL bar • No decorations • No zooming • No text selection
- 17. How does Cordova work?
- 26. http://ionicframework.com/ • Started in 2014 • 13700 stars on Github • Top 50 most popular open source projects in the world • Over 320,000 apps created 2014 (Every month, over 50,000 new apps) • Based on Angular JS • Set of tools to create hybrid apps
- 30. Angular JS • Awesome MVC framework • Developed by Google and the community • Features • Live data binding • Two-way binding • Attaching code-behind to DOM element • Directives • Repeating DOM elements • Templates • Dependencies Injection • Single Page Application Framework
- 32. Ionic Framework • A Front-end framework for mobile apps • Contains a lot of mobile-optimized HTML, CSS and JS components • Uses Angular JS to power up your mobile apps • Uses Cordova to create, build, run, deploy mobile apps
- 33. Ionic solves screen size issues
- 34. Example #1
- 35. Example #2
- 36. Example #3
- 38. Intel XDK
- 39. but I’m Windows guy…
- 40. WinJS
- 42. C# The best language for Windows development Modern Features • Advanced Tools • Proven Libraries • Large Community
- 44. Intro
- 46. Xamarin Studio
- 47. Anything you can do in Objective-C, Swift or Java can be done in C# with Xamarin!
- 48. Emerging Technologies & Devices Android Wear Google Glass Amazon Fire Phone Amazon Fire TV
- 49. a C# runs on ~2.6 Billion Devices
- 50. @aliuspetraska