Javier Garza shares 14 things you should do today for building and delivering amazing apps at scale

1. Secrets to Building and Delivering
Amazing Apps at Scale

2. Javier Garza - Developer Evangelist @jjaviergarza

3. https://developer.akamai.com

4. What is an app?

5. What is an app?
browser server

6. What is an app?
browser
server
ios
android

7. ios
android
What is an app?
browser
api
media
datastore

8. ios
android
What is an app?
browser
api
media
datastore
dns

9. ios
android
What is an app?
browser
api
media
datastore
dns
TCP/UDP

10. ios
android
What is an app?
browser
api
media
datastore
http
TCP

11. ios
android
What is an app?
browser
api
media
datastore
http
TCP/UDP

12. Secrets to Building and Delivering Amazing Apps
at Scale

13. Three-layer architecture
Frontend BackendNetwork
tcp/udp tcp/udp

14. Frontend

15. Beautiful Interface
Capture your audience…

16. Accessible
improves UX for everybody

17. Fast & Responsive
performance == user experience

18. Network Awareness
Automatically adapt to any network conditions

19. Secure
It is a wild west out there

20. Backend

21. Distributed Architecture
Performance and fault tolerance

22. Auto-Scaling
because sometimes throw more hardware at it is a valid solution

23. Performant
fast backends make for faster frontends

24. Continuous Monitoring
if something happens but it wasn’t logged, did it happen?
yes… yes it did.

25. DevOps Automation
react to changing conditions automatically, in real-time

26. Network

27. Distributed DNS
every connection to a hostname starts with a DNS lookup

28. Protocol Optimization
we’re not stuck with http/1.1 and tcp anymore

29. Latency Optimization
Roundtrip distance matters a lot

30. Because the laws of physics apply…
Latency: The Enemy of Distribution
Las Vegas
New York Bangalore
Sydney
San Francisco
17ms latency
228ms latency77ms latency
* Load times of the average Website on a LTE mobile connection
155ms latency

31. Faster Apps on any device, anywhere
Solving the Latency Problem
Las Vegas
New York Bangalore
Sydney
San Francisco
17ms latency
228ms latency77ms latency
155ms latency
3 seconds
9 seconds
17 seconds
26 seconds

32. Faster Apps on any device, anywhere
Solving the Latency Problem
Las Vegas
New York Bangalore
Sydney
San Francisco
17ms latency
228ms latency77ms latency
155ms latency
3 seconds
9 seconds
17 seconds
26 seconds
1.5 seconds
1.5 seconds
1.5 seconds
1.5 seconds9ms latency
9ms latency
9ms latency
9ms latency

33. Edge Compute
Smart servers one hop away

34. Secrets to Building and Delivering
Amazing Apps at Scale
Frontend
- Beautiful Interface
- Accessible
- Fast & Responsive
- Network Aware
- Secure
Network
- Distributed DNS
- Protocol Optimization
- Latency Optimization
- Edge Compute
Backend
- Distributed Architecture
- Auto-Scaling
- Performant
- Continuous Monitoring
- DevOps Automation