Review of Sencha Space BYOD enterprise hybrid web app solution Includes tips and tricks, sencha space vs cordova, deployment info, source code

1. Grgur Grisogono @ggrgur

2. B Y ODEnterprise Software
Providedto
Unmanaged
devices

4. HTML5
Phones + Tablets
Secure
Central (remote)
Management
Console
Cross-platform
Framework
agnostic

5. Sencha Space
Mobile Client
Components
Management
Console
Enterprise
Web App+ +

6. Sencha Space
Mobile Client
Components
Management
Console
Enterprise
Web App+ +

7. Management Console

8. !
Phones Tablets Desktop
Management Console
√ √ √
Runs on

9. Mobile Client
HTML Application Host
Any web app/site allowed
API exposed

10. Space Menu
with refresh,
back, forward
buttons
Application &
Organization
Switcher
Application Name (from <title>)
Application area
Layout

11. Applications
available
Account info
Change
Organizations
Application Switcher

12. Supported Platforms
Beta
Beta

13. Application Requirements
A valid HTML document
!
!
Deployed on a server
(public or private)
1.
2.

14. Sencha Touch
NOTrequired

15. Locally hosted apps
ALLOWED

16. Security
SecureFiles API
SecureLocalStorage API
Data encryption w/ secure key management
Configurable security policies
Immediate ACL propagation
Remote data wipe

17. Security
Every app has it’s own
isolated WebView

18. Jailbreakers
NOT Welcome
NOW
CONFIGURABLE

19. Application URLs
are never exposed

20. Authentication
SAML
LDAP
Email (classic)

21. API
Security Layer Device Layer Comm Layer
SecureFiles
SecureLocalStorage
Camera
Connectivity
Notification
Vibration
Device info
Orientation
Promise
Invoke
Downloads

22. Promise Land
All asynchronous calls use
Promises

23. Promise Land
Promises A+ spec
promisesaplus.com

24. Debugging
Safari Remote Inspector x
Chrome Remote Inspector x
Weinre √
Tip: use a local weinre instance

25. Space vs Cordova

26. Space vs Cordova
No libraries
or building
required
Cordova and platform
tools & libraries,
building required

27. Space vs Cordova
No native plugins
Plenty of plugins
available

28. Space vs Cordova
Limited access to
native components
Virtually all native
APIs accessible

29. Space vs Cordova
Good
cross-application
communication
*Apps contained in
Sencha Space
N/A, but Cordova
apps can
communicate to
other apps on device

30. Space vs Cordova
Remote server
needed
No remote server
or services needed

31. Space vs Cordova
Built in user and
group management
ACLs N/A

32. Space vs Cordova
Automatic updates
pushed without
App store
App store and app
verification needed to
push updates

33. Space vs Cordova
Timed offline
lease available
(security feature)
100% offline apps
with custom refresh
logic as needed

34. Space vs Cordova
Secure LocalStorage
and File System
No built in security
options for files
and data

35. Space vs Cordova
Remote user,
device, and app
management
*for Space apps
Remote
management N/A

36. Space vs Cordova
WebView secured WebView exposed

37. Space vs Cordova
Can deny access to
Jailbroken/Rooted
devices
No built-in
Jailbreak/Root
detection

38. Space vs Cordova
VPN support No built-in VPN support

39. Space vs Cordova
Free for 10 users
and 10 apps
in an organization.
Paid plans available
Free

40. Real Life
Experience

41. Register Application ID in the
Management Console if you
need Invoke functionality
!

42. SecureLocalStorage
is
ASYNCHRONOUS
!
(unlike LocalStorage)
!

43. You can use MULTIPLE
SecureLocalStorage
instances
!

44. SecureLocalStorage data
is saved to an isolated
SQLite database
!!

45. Each application has it’s
own SQLite database
!!

46. Apps CANNOT share
SecureLocalStorage
or
SecureFiles
!

47. Arbitrary SQLite adapter is
currently not available
!

48. LocalStorage:
storage.getItem(‘myKey’);
!
!
vs
!
SecureLocalStorage:
storage.get(‘myKey’);!(ASYNCHRONOUS, RETURNS PROMISE)
(SYNCHRONOUS, RETURNS VALUE)

49. There is a 100-400 ms
delay between document
ready and Space ready
!

50. Space API is available to
any HTML document,
whether it uses a Sencha
framework or not
!

51. Sencha Touch developers
could benefit from using
workspaces and packages
through Sencha Cmd
!

52. While developing, set up
your apps to run from a
locally hosted environment
instead of a publicly
exposed server
!

53. Grgur Grisogono
grgur@moduscreate.com
@
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Space Up Your Apps!