Low-Code Mobile Platforms: The future development of business apps

Max Katz>Developer Relations at Appery.io

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There is a big problem in enterprise mobility...

Forrester Report. Michael Facemire, Jeffrey Hammond, http://bit.ly/1nc0QbX

“The demand for high-velocity app deployment will overwhelm infrastructure and operations teams that are not staffed, budgeted or prepared to handle a rapid scale-up of mobile apps”

Salesforce: 8 Steps To Building Mobile Apps Fast In The Cloud, http://sforce.co/1qCL6Jq

“Behind the current enthusiasm for mobile, there’s a harsh reality for many IT leaders. The gap between business demands and delivered apps is creating a trillion dollar ‘IT deficit’ that’s growing bigger every day—and it’s only accelerated by mobile.”

Progress Software CTO, Karen Tegan Padir, http://bit.ly/1v9O1jm

“The most important tools are the ones that are going to allow you to get your product to market quickly and make changes, enhancements or fixes – and then redeploy quickly. Long gone are the 12-18 month developer release cycles.”

“...you must manage the notion of a "perpetual beta," with multiple releases over a period of months – sometimes even more than one release a month.”

DZone: 2014 Guide to Mobile DevelopmentSuhas Uliyar, Oracle Mobile Strategy, http://bit.ly/1rygfmZ

“...it is rare for customers to say that they need a mobile app in the next 12 to 18 months. Most customers expect applications to be delivered in a few days or weeks. “

EWeek: 10 Reasons Why No-Code, Rapid App Development Makes Sense for IT. Darryl K. Taft, http://bit.ly/1pgGtW7

“New technologies are being introduced at mind-boggling speeds. This rapid change is forcing businesses to seek new sources of innovation and differentiation. And the window to capitalize on these opportunities is smaller than ever”

“TAKEAWAY: IT teams need to deliver applications faster and build frequent change into their process.”

Survey Finds Mobile App Backlog Directly Affecting Enterprise Revenue, http://bit.ly/16fcAmD

85% of companies have a backlog of 1-20 apps50% of companies have a backlog of 10-20 appsAverage app taking between 3-12 months to build

What do you need to solve this problem?

Let’s look at

PlatformDevelopment tools

Browser-based developmentIntegrated backend services

Integration with development processNative vs HTML5

Platform

Cloud-based, public or private

Managed by IT for support and compliance

Available to developers and business users

Browser-based development

Develop from anywhere - fast WiFi everywhereBrowser is pretty fast today (and getting faster)

HTML/JS is matureNothing to download, maintain and update

CollaborationFaster onboarding for developers

IT infrastructure is always up to data for business users

Development tools

Visual tooling, wizards to speed up development

Full access to source (IDE) for customization, flexibility and complex logic

Integrated back-end services (MBaaS)

DatabaseUser managementPush notifications Server-side logic

Integration to existing enterprise data sources

Integrate with existing dev. process

Continuous integrationSource control

Workflow systemsWant a complete platform that works nicely with all

your existing stuff

Let’s look at a quick example

We are going to build a simple, yet complete mobile app with API backend

The app is called: MyTasks

Sign up:http://bit.ly/apperyiomobiledaymexico

Or use promo code (existing users):mobiledaymexico

Thank you.

Please come to my session at 15:00 to learn how to build a complete mobile app connected to API backend

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