This document summarizes a presentation about backend as a service (BaaS). It discusses how BaaS can handle common backend tasks like data storage, user management, push notifications and more. This allows mobile developers to focus on the customer experience rather than duplicating backend code. The presentation provides examples of using BaaS through REST APIs and SDKs. It also demonstrates a chat app sample to showcase BaaS capabilities.

1. Android BaaS hands-on
Droidcon 2015
Torino
Giulio Roggero, Federico Oldrini, Jacopo Giola
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2. Simplicity - the art of
maximizing the amount
of work not done - is
essential.
agilemanifesto.org

3. Developers need …
• Data
• Files, photos and videos
• Push notifications
• Users
• Advertising
• Analytics
• External data
… and don’t waste time on part of the system that are always
the same!

4. Focus on customer value!

5. The solution?

7. BUSBaaS

8. 2011
Backend as a Service
A cloud service (and on premise) that solves
typical server-side problems

9. Pros of a BaaS
• No server setup for each App
• No common code replica for each App
• Simple API
• Indipendence by the device OS

10. REST APIs
Push Servers
Google
Apple
Microsoft
SDK
Mobile
Code
Push
Notifications
NoSQL
Collections
Storage
File
SystemScheduler
Backup
System
Data
Connectors
Data Modeler & ConfiguratorBackoffice for App CMS
App
Cloud
Data
Collections
and Offline
Sync
Users
Files /
Resources
Social Advertising
In App
Purchase
Validators
Analytics Events
Plugins and
Extensions
BaaS
Architecture
example

11. Alcuni BaaS di uso comune

12. esempio
#simple read
curl --header "secret:secret" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X
GET https://demo.baas.makeitapp.eu/test
#create/update
curl --header "secret:secret" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d
‘{"field1": "ciao mondo"}’ -X POST https://demo.baas.makeitapp.eu/test
#simple filter
curl --header "secret:secret" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X
GET -G https://demo.baas.makeitapp.eu/test --data-urlencode '{"field1": "ciao mondo"}'

13. …and now code!

14. Android – iOS chat example
MKAppInstanceMKQuery
MKCollection
MKFileCollection
MKUser
makeitapp.baas android & iOS SDK
makeitapp.baas
DroidconMessage
collection
File collection User collection
DCNMessage
- Sender
- Message
- Attachment

15. Download demo
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@giulioroggero, @federicooldrini, @JGiola
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