The document discusses modern mobile app development on AWS. It outlines the agenda for an AWS Loft mobile week event which will cover topics like Amplify, GraphQL, AppSync, machine learning, analytics and messaging for JavaScript, web and AWS Amplify. It also lists prerequisites for the event including having an AWS account and installing necessary software. The document then discusses trends in mobile like Android and iOS platforms, web versus native apps, and fragmentation issues. It positions AWS services as providing everything needed for building mobile apps in areas like databases, storage, compute, APIs and SDKs.

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State of Mobile & Modern App Development on AWS
Dennis Hills,
Mobile Developer Advocate
@dmennis

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AWS Loft: Mobile Week Agenda
Amplify, GraphQL, AppSync
ML, Analytics, Messaging
JavaScript, Web, AWS Amplify

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Prerequisites: Day 1
• An AWS Account with administrative privileges
• Node.js – https://nodejs.org
• npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli
• Android Studio & working Android simulator (Android workshop)
• Xcode 9+ and a Mac (abridged iOS workshop)

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The State of Mobile

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Android and iOS
Web vs Native
(Kotlin) (Swift)
JavaScript, React, Angular
Vue, Ember.js, Ionic
React Native, Flutter

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DENNIS INFOGRAPHIC
Android

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Fragmentation

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iOS
Adoption
90%+ of all
the iOS
devices are on
iOS n-1
(11 or 12) in
the first
month.

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Web and Mobile are converging
• Support from platform
• Feature support first
• Delivery via App Store
• Native Performance
• Vendor lock-in
• No shared code
• Support from community
• Features come later
• Delivery via App Store
• Native Performance
• Common Business Logic
• ~ 80% common code
• Support from community
• Common Web Features
• Delivery via Web
• Browser Performance
• Single Codebase
• 100% common code
Native Apps Cross Platform Apps Progressive Web Apps

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Mobile Trends Overall
Wow Factors
Minimal Needs
Intuitive Design Personalization Experience Transfer

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Building Mobile Apps
On AWS

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Cloud Services for Mobile

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AWS has the services you need

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Mobile Optimized AWS Services
Major
Use-case
Specific
Essential
Amazon Pinpoint Amazon Cognito AWS Device Farm
Amazon DynamoDB Amazon S3 AWS Lambda Amazon API Gateway
Amazon Lex Amazon Polly Amazon Rekognition Amazon Cloudfront

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AWS Mobile SDK for AWS Services
Official
Languages
Native Apps Web / Hybrid Apps

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AWS Mobile Latest
We provide the full lifecycle of services for modern app development.
Amplify – Library (Javascript) + UI components (Javascript) +
(Toolchain) CLI tooling for native mobile and web frontend
developers
AppSync – Offline and real-time data for your web/mobile apps
Device Farm – Testing your mobile or web application in the cloud
on real devices

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https://aws-amplify.github.io
Twitter: @AWSforMobile
Everything you need to connect
Your mobile app to the cloud