This document discusses challenges and solutions in mobile development. It summarizes a presentation about designing for mobile development. The presentation covers topics like bandwidth, screen size, platforms and languages used in mobile development. It also provides an overview of Team Pad, a mobile application created using technologies like Android, JSON and Azure. Resources for mobile development platforms, services, REST servers and IDEs are also listed.

1. Designing for Mobile
Development
Will Tartak
Principal
ALP1, Incorporated

2. Agenda
• About Me
• Conceptual
• About Team Pad
• Some Questions
• Challenges of Mobile Development
• Solutions for Mobile Development
• Code!?!
• Resources

3. Team Pad

4. Team Pad

5. Team Pad

6. Biggest Challenges in Mobile?
• Bandwidth
• Connectivity
• Screen Size & Resolution
• Processing Power
• Unique Features (GPS, Accelerometers, etc.)
• Multi-Platform
• New Development Environments
• Require Supporting Systems
• Security

7. Solutions for Mobile?
• Separation of Concerns
• Smallest Functional Deliverable
• Smallest Wire Footprint
• Flexible Display Capabilities
• Processing On Server
• Elasticity
• 3rd Party Tools?
• Security is Security

8. A Successful Architecture
• Device
• Communications Server
• Business Logic
• Data Logic
• Database

9. Team Pad Languages Used
• Java • Regular Expressions
• Android XML • C#
• Json • Razor
• Javascript • VB.net
• Html/xHtml • XAML
• Css • VBA
• ANT XML • SQL

10. Team Pad Technologies Used
• Android • Azure
• Json • Azure SQL
• XML • Azure Storage
• SAX • MVVM Lite
• Jquery • NewtonSoft.Json
• ANT • HtmlAgilityPack
• MVC • Proguard
• Csla • REST
• Entity Framework • ServicesStack.net
• Photoshop • SSL
• COM Automation • Gson
• WP7

11. Code!!!

12. Resources
• Platforms
– https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/
index.action
– http://developer.android.com/
– http://create.msdn.com/en-US/
• Services
– http://windowsazure.com
– http://aws.amazon.com
– https://appharbor.com

13. Resources
• Rest Servers
– http://servicestack.net
– http://www.asp.net/web-api
– http://www.nancyfx.org
– https://github.com/openrasta
– http://restcake.net
• IDEs
– http://www.eclipse.org/downloads
– http://www.jetbrains.com/idea
– http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ff402535(v=vs.92).aspx

14. Resources
• Data Sources
– http://www.mashery.com
– http://www.programmableweb.com
– https://datamarket.azure.com
• Other Dev Tools
– http://www.appcelerator.com/platform
– http://phonegap.com
– http://www.rhomobile.com
– http://www.verivo.com

15. Thank You & Questions?
• Will Tartak
• will@willtartak.com
• teampad.mobi