As presented in CodeMotion Tel Aviv: http://telaviv.codemotionworld.com

1. From a Game
to a Game Changer
SaaS Architecture Evolution in Practice
by Sagi Mann, TROPHiT
Copyright 2015 Kankado Cellular Solutions Ltd., all rights belong to their respective owners

2. Hi
Sagi Mann
20 years R&D
Co-founder, CTO
TROPHiT

3. Prologue
"Some people never observe anything.
Life just happens to them ...
and they resist with anger and
resentment anything that might lift
them out of that false serenity."
- Frank Herbert

4. Act I: Gamebox

5. Gamebox
● Play Gamebox
Redeem rewards at the nearest Menta store
● “Best Marketing campaign of 2011”
- Menta CEO
● 300,000 redemptions in first 12 months

6. Gamebox
● Play Gamebox
Redeem rewards at the nearest Menta store
● “Best Marketing campaign of 2011”
- Menta CEO
● 300,000 redemptions in first 12 months

7. Lesson 1: Impact Analysis
“It does not do to leave a live dragon
out of your calculations, if you live near
him.”
- J.R.R Tolkien

8. Gamebox Impact Analysis
Create a
new app
Use
existing
POS
Create a
coupon
server
(adapter)
Use
existing
nav apps?

9. Lesson 2: Research (not just a fancy word)
// John: IT SHOULD WORK :-S
boolean detect = detectMajorThreat();
if ( detect = true ) nuke();
- John

10. Lesson 3: Share in Writing
app
coupon
server
POS
coupon pool
nav apps
Menta IntranetInternet
sdk
branches
coupons
Menta DMZ
sdk

11. Act II
"‫פלטפורמה‬ ‫מזה‬ ‫לעשות‬ ‫אפשר‬ ,‫"אחי‬
Israeli Startup Folklore -

12. TROPHIT 0.0

13. TROPHIT 0.0

14. TROPHiT 1.0 Impact Analysis
New
SDK
No Redeem
SDK (POS
Integration)
New
coupon
server
Use
existing
nav apps
New
WebUI
Retest

15. Tool 1: The New Path
Gamebox - the Existing Path
TROPHiT - the New Path
● Costly: maintain multiple deployments
● Impact Analysis of one path - ignore the other
● Bugs: consider a fix in both paths

16. TROPHiT 0.0 Architecture
app
coupon
server
coupon db
nav apps
Publisher
sdk
branches
coupons
TROPHiT Cloud
Web UI
Advertiser
POSsdk

17. Act III
"PIVOT ‫לעשות‬ ‫חייבים‬ ,‫"אחי‬
Israeli Startup Folklore -

18. TROPHiT 1.0

19. Tool 2: Bypass
● Review old test cases as well as new ones
● Review dependent components’ tests
● Make the switch as quickly as possible (e.g. switch script)
● Halt activity during switch
TROPHiT 1.0 -
The Bypass
TROPHiT 0.0

20. TROPHiT 1.0 Impact Analysis
Revive
Redeem
SDK
Extend
WebUI
Use
existing
nav apps
Retest

21. TROPHiT 1.0 Architecture
app
coupon
server
coupon db
nav apps
Publisher
sdk
branches
coupons
TROPHiT Cloud
Web UI
App Advertiser
Appsdk

22. Act VI: TROPHiT 1.5
“I may not have gone where I intended to go,
but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.”
- Douglas Adams

23. TROPHiT 1.5 Impact Analysis
Ad
tag/link
Deprecate
publisher
SDK
Deprecate
real world
offers
Retest
Device
IDs?

24. TROPHiT 1.5: Bypass
● HIDE old functionality first
● Remove it later
TROPHiT 1.5 -
The Bypass
TROPHiT 1.0

25. TROPHiT 1.5 Architecture
app
coupon
server
coupon db
nav apps
Publisher
sdk
branches
coupons
TROPHiT Cloud
Web UI
App Advertiser
Appsdk
app
with
ad SDK
tag
image

26. Act V: TROPHiT 2.0
“Change the story, change the world”
- Terry Pretchett

27. TROPHiT 2.0 Impact Analysis
Tracking
Info
Access?
Multiple
Redeem
SDKs
Retest

28. TROPHiT 2.0: New Path + Deprecation
TROPHiT 2.0
● Reduced cost: time-limited maintenance of old path
● Bugs: consider a fix in both paths until deprecation
● Old path feature-freeze
TROPHiT 1.5

29. TROPHiT 2.0 Architecture
coupon
server
coupon db
Publisher TROPHiT Cloud
Web UI
App Advertiser
App /
Server
sdk
app
with
ad SDK
Tracking Service
image
tag

30. "There is no real ending. It’s just the
place where you stop the story."
- Frank Herbert