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Pete Hodgson
November 16, 2012
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Strategies for Cross-Platform Mobile
An talk I gave in Melbourne for an internal ThoughtWorks conference
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Transcript
Cross-plat orm Mobile
Agenda • mobile strategy • technical approaches • deep dive
into Calatrava
a question rom the client...
“ We need a mobile strategy. What should we be
building? ”
The Consultant’s Motto:
The Consultant’s Motto: “it depends”
“it depends” on... Plat orm Coverage User Experience Time to
Market Dev. Cost Discover- ability etc... Development Capability
plat orm coverage UX Zone of Awesome
plat orm coverage UX Zone of Awesome You are here
plat orm coverage UX
plat orm coverage UX
mobile approaches
mobile approaches pure web pure native ‘hybrid’ WORA Portable Body
pure web pure native ‘hybrid’ WORA Portable Body
pure web the uture, but...
pure web hardware access plat orm access per ormance discoverability
pure web pure native ‘hybrid’ WORA Portable Body
pure native implement rom scratch or each plat orm should
at least share requirements
pure web pure native ‘hybrid’ WORA Portable Body
‘hybrid’
web native vs.
web native
web native pure native
web native pure native pure web
web native pure web wrabbed web (e.g. phonegap) pure native
wrabbed web (e.g. phonegap) embedded web views web native pure
web pure native
web native
‘hybrid’ web native
pure web pure native ‘hybrid’ WORA Portable Body
WORA (write once, run anywhere) (e.g. Kony, Appcelerator Titanium)
common implementation iphone app android app mobile web
common implementation iphone app android app mobile web write once
run anywhere
The Uncanny Valley
The Uncanny Valley
The Glass Ceiling
pure web pure native ‘hybrid’ WORA Portable Body
Portable Body
mobile app
UI the rest
portable body UI
portable body iPhone mobile web Android
portable body iPhone mobile web Android
iPhone mobile web Android
Calatrava A cross-platform mobile framework
- controllers - domain objs. - services <html> views
update UI respond to user input kernel UI
updating the UI
someView.render( aViewMessage ) updating the UI {...}
someView.render( aViewMessage ) updating the UI {...}
someView.get( ‘field_id’, callbackFn ) reading the UI
someView.bind( ‘event_id’, callbackFn ) responding to events
calatrava is ‘HTML irst’
<html> <html> <html> HTML irst
HTML irst Get broad plat orm coverage quickly No glass
ceiling or UX Avoid the uncanny valley Experiment cheaply, validate, and double-down only where it matters
Testing Acceptance Tests
Testing app logic Acceptance Tests
where’s your logic? mobile app mobile services
shared mobile services app
app shared mobile services app app iPhone HTML Android
In Summary Strategy depends on context The Web Is The
Future ‘Hybrid’ == Mobile App Portable Body > WORA Consider Thin Client
THANKS!