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Pros and Cons of Cross-Platform Mobile App Development

The world has gone mobile. One of the most challenging situations for app developers is whether to develop a native mobile app or go for cross-platform. This article discusses the pros and cons of cross-platform mobile app development.

Ritesh Patil
on Sep 13, 2016
Mobile

Iterative Prototyping in the Mobile App Development Process

Mobile app development adopted an iterative, rapid development process and prototypes have a role to play in this agile approach, enabling developers to build, test, iterate, re-test and re-build rapidly and at lower cost (not to mention allowing all stakeholders in the process early on). This article guides through the essential steps of mobile app prototyping.

Cassandra Naji
on Aug 01, 2016
Mobile

A Reference Architecture for the Internet of Things (Part 2)

This is the second article of a two article series in which we try to work from the abstract level of IoT reference architectures towards the concrete architecture and implementation for selected use cases. This second article will show how to apply this architecture to real world use cases - one being in the field of smart homes, one in the field of insurance.

Tuan-Si Tran Hannelore Marginean Daniel Karzel
on May 25, 2016
Development

IBM's Swift on the Server

Since Swift's open-source release, IBM has been working on the project and providing libdispatch on Linux, as well as providing a Swift web-based runtime and a managed catalog of Swift projects. InfoQ spoke to Chris Bailey and Patrick Bohrer, who presented at QCon London 2016, and asked them where they see Swift going in the future.

Alex Blewitt
on Apr 09, 2016
Mobile

Enterprise Mobility is Going Beyond “Mobile First” Approach. Are You Ready?

The mobile revolution is changing the way organizations work and manage their operations, as well as engage with their employees. As a result, organizations are reconsidering their technologies and techniques to make their traditional organizational cultures and roles more mobile friendly, making ‘mobile first’ a must have strategy.

Jaykishan Panchal
on Mar 31, 2016
Mobile

The Four Concerns That Must Be Addressed Before the Internet of Things Can Really Take Off In 2016

By 2020, there will be more than 50 billion of connected devices, according to Cisco, and experts predict that the IoT will have a $3.5 trillion impact on the global economy within the next five years. The question is, is it really going to happen? And shouldn’t we be seeing greater market penetration than we already do?

Rodolfo Saccoman Nabyl Charania
on Mar 26, 2016
Architecture & Design

One API, Many Facades?

An interesting trend is emerging in the world of Web APIs, with various engineers and companies advocating for dedicated APIs for each consumer with particular needs. Beyond any ideal design of your API, reality strikes back with the concrete and differing concerns of varied API consumers. You might need to optimize your API accordingly.

Guillaume LaForge
on Mar 13, 2016
Mobile

Writing Cross-Platform Apps with React Native

React Native is Facebook's open source project for building native mobile apps using JavaScript. Rather than wrapping a web view and pretending to be a mobile app, React Native allows developers to create truly native applications. Bonnie Eisenman presents an introduction on React Native, how to get started, and how to get your app into the store.

Bonnie Eisenman
on Feb 25, 2016
Mobile

A Reference Architecture for the Internet of Things

This is the first article of a two article series in which we try to work from the abstract level of IoT reference architectures towards the concrete architecture and implementation for selected use cases. This first article will cover the definition of a more concrete and comprehensible architecture whereas the second part will then apply this architecture to actual use cases.

Tuan-Si Tran Hannelore Marginean Daniel Karzel
on Jan 29, 2016
Mobile

Getting Ready for IoT’s Big Data Challenges with Couchbase Mobile

Our physical world is about to become digitally enabled and according to various predictions for example by Gartner or Cisco, there will be many billions of IoT devices going online and constantly gathering data in the coming years. We got in touch with Wayne Carter and Ali LeClerc of Couchbase to discuss how Couchbase Mobile is also ready for the upcoming era of Internet of Things.

Ralph Winzinger
on Jan 20, 2016
Mobile

A Mobile Application Marketing Strategy Guide

Just like you, there are numerous aspiring developers launching beautiful apps into the app stores on a daily basis and without excellent marketing, it can be very easy for your mobile app to sit unnoticed in a corner. So, how do you maintain that momentum and guarantee that your mobile application stands out from the rest? Ritesh Patil shares a few helpful tips on mobile-app marketing.

Ritesh Patil
on Jan 11, 2016
Mobile

Open Source as a Driver of Internet of Things

We have advanced from mainframes to workstations, to client-server, to grid computing, to cloud computing and the next step is the Internet of Things. Smart devices, active devices, all around the world are connected, generating huge amounts of data and reacting to commands from central or distributed authorities. And it seems that the ideas of open source now can be applied to hardware ...

Gilles Gravier
on Jan 09, 2016