Beyond the Browser John Coggeshall

Introductions Welcome! About me CTO of Automotive Computer Services (ACS) Core PHP 5 Dev Author, Speaker John Coggeshall Presentation Title

Welcome!

About me

CTO of Automotive Computer Services (ACS)

Core PHP 5 Dev

Author, Speaker

In the beginning…. 1969: Internet was Born The first 4 node computer network UCLA Stanford Research Institute UC Santa Barbara University of Utah

1969: Internet was Born

The first 4 node computer network

UCLA

Stanford Research Institute

UC Santa Barbara

University of Utah

1993 1993: The first web browser is created by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications Within one year becomes the dominate way to “browse” the web (surpassing Gopher)

1993: The first web browser is created by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Within one year becomes the dominate way to “browse” the web (surpassing Gopher)

1995-… 1995: Rasmus Lerdorf implements the first incarnation of PHP (in Perl) called PHP / FI 1995: JavaScript first introduced in Netscape 2.0B3 by Brendan Eich 1997: PHP / FI 2.0 and PHP 3.0 released 1999: PHP 4.0 2004: PHP 5.0

1995: Rasmus Lerdorf implements the first incarnation of PHP (in Perl) called PHP / FI

1995: JavaScript first introduced in Netscape 2.0B3 by Brendan Eich

1997: PHP / FI 2.0 and PHP 3.0 released

1999: PHP 4.0

2004: PHP 5.0

So it stayed.. Mostly Between 1993 and 2009 things have continued to grow, but fundamentally have stayed the same WWW Servers producing content Browsers consuming content 2005: The term AJAX was coined 2006: “Service Oriented Architecture” started flying around

Between 1993 and 2009 things have continued to grow, but fundamentally have stayed the same

WWW Servers producing content

Browsers consuming content

2005: The term AJAX was coined

2006: “Service Oriented Architecture” started flying around

2009 For the first time in 16 years we as an industry really have more to consider than just browsers when writing web applications Mobile Applications Desktop Applications (i.e. Flex, Titanium) Other web-based apps (i.e. www.planet-php.net ) “SOA” has truly now arrived

For the first time in 16 years we as an industry really have more to consider than just browsers when writing web applications

Mobile Applications

Desktop Applications (i.e. Flex, Titanium)

Other web-based apps (i.e. www.planet-php.net )

“SOA” has truly now arrived

Coming of Age of SOA Today writing a “web application” no longer means a browser application This shift comes with new expectations of the internet market Especially important for you, the developers, to realize Here’s my observations

Today writing a “web application” no longer means a browser application

This shift comes with new expectations of the internet market

Especially important for you, the developers, to realize

Here’s my observations

Playing Catch-up First: If you’re application does not provide some sort of feed, API, etc. it needs to Expectation for a new web application Existing applications need to start thinking about retro-fitting to catch up if not already done

First: If you’re application does not provide some sort of feed, API, etc. it needs to

Expectation for a new web application

Existing applications need to start thinking about retro-fitting to catch up if not already done

Too many dialects There are way too many dialects SOAP, XML-RPC, XML, JSON, AMF, RSS to name a few Need to as an industry standardize on one or two Or even better, write our applications to speak more than one XML JSON AMF

There are way too many dialects

SOAP, XML-RPC, XML, JSON, AMF, RSS to name a few

Need to as an industry standardize on one or two

Or even better, write our applications to speak more than one

XML

JSON

AMF

Not everything is a nail There is an old adage, if all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail Programmers are especially susceptible to this Very important that the correct tools are chosen for the correct Jobs PHP is great at running web applications, but not so much running on the client Likewise, HTML/CSS/JS isn’t the best tool to write desktop applications

There is an old adage, if all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail

Programmers are especially susceptible to this

Very important that the correct tools are chosen for the correct Jobs

PHP is great at running web applications, but not so much running on the client

Likewise, HTML/CSS/JS isn’t the best tool to write desktop applications

Mobile Applications My prediction: We will either all know Java or known Objective-C within 3 years Mobile applications are quickly becoming an expectation for companies with an internet presence Web-interfaces, no matter how robust, don’t win (i.e. Facebook’s iPhone web-app vs. it’s native one) Impossible to write without good backend architectures

My prediction: We will either all know Java or known Objective-C within 3 years

Mobile applications are quickly becoming an expectation for companies with an internet presence

Web-interfaces, no matter how robust, don’t win

(i.e. Facebook’s iPhone web-app vs. it’s native one)

Impossible to write without good backend architectures

A return to the past As Internet developers we must return to lessons learned in the past and re-acquire skills Version Control and Product Management is a great example Think of problems and solutions from the late 80s and early 90s, I expect them to happen again now MFC == ZF? It’s possible, so what’s next?

As Internet developers we must return to lessons learned in the past and re-acquire skills

Version Control and Product Management is a great example

Think of problems and solutions from the late 80s and early 90s, I expect them to happen again now

MFC == ZF? It’s possible, so what’s next?

Peripherals Outside of the browser, hardware matters Barcode scanners, other USB devices No solution really exists yet Would make a great OSS project to solve

Outside of the browser, hardware matters

Barcode scanners, other USB devices

No solution really exists yet

Would make a great OSS project to solve

Bottom line In the end, the browser just isn’t as cool as it was anymore We’ve reached the end of it’s capabilities in a lot of ways IMHO New more robust technologies will emerge to take over Standard web will become one of many interfaces, but likely not the primary Smart developers will begin planning for this market shift now

In the end, the browser just isn’t as cool as it was anymore

We’ve reached the end of it’s capabilities in a lot of ways IMHO

New more robust technologies will emerge to take over

Standard web will become one of many interfaces, but likely not the primary

Smart developers will begin planning for this market shift now

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