Overview and tips on mobile app development. Which technology to use, and how to optimize your mobile app.

1. PRACTICAL MOBILE
DEVELOPMENT
Yohan Totting
tyohan@thinkrooms.com
@tyohan

3. Native
Comparison
HTML5
Win
Rich user experience
Lost
Win
Performance
Lost
Win
Monetization
Lost
Lost
Cross platform cost
Win
Draw
Fragmentation challenge
Draw
Lost
Developer availability
Win
Lost
Distribution & Updates
Win
Win
Innovation & Adoption
Lost
Win
Security
Lost
Ref: http://thinkmobile.appcelerator.com/blog/bid/284174/Native-vs-HTML5-looked-at-objectively-the-debate-is-over

4. “ When I'm introspective about
the last few years I think the
biggest mistake that we made, as
a company, is betting too much
on HTML5 as opposed to
native ... because it just wasn't
there. ”
Mark Zuckerberg
CEO of Facebook
http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/11/mark-zuckerberg-our-biggest-mistake-with-mobile-was-betting-too-much-on-html5/

5. “ There are a few things that
are critically missing. One is
tooling support, having a
debugger that actually works,
& performance tools that tell
you where the memory is
running out. ”
Kiran Prasad
LinkedIn’s senior director for
mobile engineering
http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/17/linkedin-mobile-web-breakup/#C1JD0uL8F2zwziD6.99

6. USE NATIVE IF
• Build
an app as a product
• Depend
on specific feature from mobile platform
• Performance
• You
is a must
have enough budget

7. USE HTML5 IF
• For
rapid prototyping
• Information
• Focus
basis app
on cross platform
• Minimal
budget

8. WHAT I GOT FROM HTML5?

9. CREATE PROTOTYPES IN
DAYS VS MONTH

10. BIG COMMUNITY &
LOT OF REFERENCES TO
LEARN

11. CODE ONCE RUN
EVERYWHERE

12. HARD TO DEBUG

13. ALTERNATIVE?

14. HYBRID APP

15. NATIVE COMPILED APP
Xamarin
Titanium
Appcelerator

16. XAMARIN
C# Programming Language

17. TITANIUM APPCELERATOR
Open Source
Analytics
Cloud Backend

19. MVC DEVELOPMENT

20. TITANIUM STUDIO IDE

21. TIPS

22. MOBILE FIRST

23. RESPONSE IT IN 3 SECONDS

25. Average Speed
3G
4G
244 KB/s
756 KB/s

26. REDUCE DEPENDENCIES

27. REDUCE IMAGE DIMENSION

28. REDUCE CLIENT SIDE
PROCESSING

29. THANKS
Yohan Totting
tyohan@thinkrooms.com
@tyohan