4. State of Mobile
ïČ Conservatives
ïŒ Weâll just make the web
ïŒ Mobile Web still the lowest hanging fruit
ïŒ Lots of help with RWD
ïČ Liberals
ïŒ Mobile apps should be native
ïŒ Swear by their PCs/Macs
ïŒ Have cash/need or indie
ïČ Bipartisans
ïŒ Avoid extremes | Technologists | Love Xbox & their families
ïŒ Accept JavaScript as assembly language of the web
ïŒ Love C# & managed code comfort
5. Eclipse
Java
Mac OS X Windows
Visual
Studio
XAML, C#
Xcode
Objective-
C
WWW
Multiple
HTML,
CSS, JS
Multiple
Platform Choices & Complexity
ï¶ Native
ï¶ Mobile Web
ï¶ âHybridâ Mobile
6. Hybrid Mobile Development
ïČ Telerik AppBuilder
ïŒ Use HTML5/CSS3/JS to go x-plat
ïŒ True single code base
ïŒ Built on top of Apache Cordova
ïŒ Apache Cordova vs Adobe PhoneGap â know the difference
ïŒ Integrated powerful Simulators
ïŒ Plug & play
ïŒ Huge choice of IDEs
ïŒ Live Sync!
ïŒ Adaptive mobile controls
ïŒ App packages contain all web assets & other artifacts
ïŒ Deployed natively
ïŒ Publish to Stores with ease
ïŒ Part of Telerik Platform â Design + Cloud Backend + Analytics + Test + Manage/Deploy
ïŒ PhoneGap has a subset of offerings â Go try it, Iâll wait for you to come back quick!
ï± Runs in giant web view
ï± Perfecting UX takes time
7. Hybrid Mobile Development
ïČ Xamarin
ïŒ Go x-plat with C# everywhere
ïŒ Compiled to native app packages
ïŒ C# APIs mapped to native ones through Mono framework
ïŒ Maximize code reuse through PCLs
ïŒ Unified IDE
ïŒ Android/iOS Designers
ï± Need a Mac
ï± Still need to create different UIs for different platforms
10. Deploy wirelessly to any device
QR Code Deployment
âą Companion App - provision-less deployment to iOS
âą Deploy to Android and provisioned iOS via QR Code also
âą Same for Windows Phone & Kindles
11. Once ready, publish straight to
Apple & Google App Stores!
(You donât need a Mac) ï