Mobile app development can be complex and time-consuming. In this session, we will demonstrate how AWS Mobile Services makes it easier for you to develop mobile apps by providing a single, integrated experience for discovering, provisioning, and configuring AWS cloud resources.

1. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
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Everything You Need to Develop Apps
Faster And Scale to Millions of Users
KJ Wu, Solutions Architect

2. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Key Messages
Don’t Re-invent the Wheel
Take advantage of free and inexpensive solutions that meet
your needs with minimum investment
Your (and your company’s) time is your greatest asset.
Invest it developing a great experience for your Customers

3. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Mobile Lifecycle
New
Features
App Specification
Dev & Test
Analytics
Engagement

4. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Authenticate users
Authorize access
Synchronize data
Manage users and identity providers
Securely access cloud resources
Sync user preferences across devices
Store and Deliver media
Send Push Notifications
Store user-generated photos Media and share them
Bring users back to your app by sending messages reliably
Store shared data
Store and query fast NoSQL data across users
and devices
Analyze User Behavior
Track active users, engagement

5. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Amazon Cognito
Authenticate & sync
Amazon Mobile
Analytics
Analyze user behavior
AWS Lambda
Run business logic
Amazon S3
Amazon DynamoDB
Store content
Store data
Amazon SNS mobile
push notifications
Send push notifications
Mobile back-end architecture on AWS
Mobile SDK
Amazon API Gateway

6. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
“AWS has what I need, but…I am new here”
1. Which services should I use? 2. How do I connect them?
Identity Provider SDKs
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<Example>
Login screen & integration code
+
SDK

7. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Mobile Hub as a Starting Point
• Generates Working Code to Explore in your
Development Environment
• Introduction to SDK-based Development with AWS
• Demonstrates code for a variety of AWS Services in iOS,
Android, and JavaScript

8. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
MOBILE HUB DEMO

9. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Identity / Access Management
”Table Stakes” in Mobile Security are high
• Mobile Apps handle finances, payment, medical…
There are very few developers who can build low-level
security services good enough for public internet apps
Fortunately, there are very good existing solutions

10. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Manage authenticated and
guest users’ access to
your AWS resources
Federated Identities
Synchronize user’s data
across devices and
platforms via the cloud
Data Synchronization
Add sign-up and sign-in
with a fully managed user
directory
Your User Pool*NEW
GuestYour own auth
Amazon Cognito Identity Amazon Cognito Sync
Amazon Cognito Identity and Sync
k/v data

11. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Sign in with
Facebook
Or
Username
Password
Sign In
Or
Start as a guest
Authenticate via 3rd
party Identity Providers
Amazon Cognito Identity and User Experience
Guest Access
Your User Pool in
Amazon Cognito
Amazon Cognito
Identity provides
temporary credentials
to securely access
Your resources
DynamoDB
S3
API Gateway

12. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Amazon Cognito Now Supports A Fully Managed Identity Solution
Add sign-up and sign-in easily
to your mobile and web apps
Easy User Management
Verify phone numbers and
email addresses and offer
multi-factor authentication
Enhanced Security FeaturesManaged User Directory
Launch a simple, secure, low-cost,
and fully managed service to create
and maintain a user directory that
scales to 100s of millions of users

13. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
USER POOL DEMO

14. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
• Cross-Platform Development usually focuses on
Frameworks and Tools:
• PhoneGap/Cordova, Xamarin, React Native, Unity
• But what if we reduced API calling to syntax?
• Most mobile devices can issue an HTTP/S request
• JSON handling is equally ubiquitous
• Developers already know how to do this!
Quickly Developing for Multiple Platforms

15. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
API Gateway
API Gateway
AWS Lambda
CloudFront
Any other publicly
accessible endpoint
Amazon EC2

16. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
API GATEWAY DEMO

17. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
Key Messages
• Don’t Re-invent the Wheel
• For simple interactions with AWS, use Mobile Hub to see how the SDKs work
on Mobile Platforms.
• Use REST API driven logic with JSON payloads to level the playing field
across platforms and devices. Use API Gateway + Lambda for Scalability
• For Security and other ”Table Stakes” Mobile Features, use User Pools and
IAM Security.
• Take advantage of free and inexpensive solutions that meet your needs
with minimum investment
• For QA, use Device Farm to get the benefit of automated testing across many
devices inexpensively.
• Your (and your company’s) time is your greatest asset. Invest it
developing a great experience for your Customers

18. AWS Cloud Kata for Start-Ups and Developers
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