The document outlines a session on client technology discussions led by Chief Architect Rob McAveney, emphasizing minimal prepared content and encouraging open dialogue about the current landscape and challenges in client technology. It covers various client types including browser, mobile, and desktop apps, as well as challenges related to high latency and client APIs. The session concludes with a call for community input and appreciation for participants' contributions to the success of ACE 2016.

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2. Client Technology Directions
Rob McAveney
Chief Architect
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3. Session Format
 Minimal prepared content
▫ Just a few slides
▫ No conclusions, just ideas
 Open discussion
▫ Are we headed in the right direction?
▫ What are we missing?
▫ What else is the community doing?
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4. Current Client Landscape
 Browser clients: IE, FF, Chrome, Edge (soon)
▫ Browser extensions
 Mobile: Aras Flow, Component Search
 Connectors: Office, CAD, etc.
 Desktop apps: Aras Update, Batchloader, etc.
 Client SDK
▫ IOM.dll
▫ Xamarin: iOS, Android, RT
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5. Challenges
 WAN / High Latency
 Sync / Async
 Client API
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6. Over the Wire
 SOAP vs. REST
 AML vs. JSON vs. HTML
 OData
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7. Browser Clients
 Design Patterns
▫ MVC
▫ MVVM
 Toolkits
▫ Dojo
▫ Jquery
▫ Angular
▫ Others?
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8. Mobile Clients
 Approaches
▫ Native code on each platform
▫ Cross-platform toolkits – Xamarin
▫ HTML-based apps: Cordova / PhoneGap
▫ Web-only with responsive design
 Platform support
▫ iOS, Android, Windows
▫ Tablet vs. phone
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9. Open Discussion
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Thank you for your input

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12. See you next year
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