IBM Worklight - Technical Overview

IBM IDR SPGI – IBM Mobile Solutions
December 12th 2012

Worklight Overview

© 2012 Worklight, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is the proprietary and confidential information of Wo rklight.

Worklight Introdcution

Worklight is an open, complete and advanced mobile application
platform for HTML5, hybrid and native apps.

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Mobile Apps – Top Challenges
Creating rich, yet cost-effective mobile apps in a
fragmented technological landscape. Multiple
apps, building in house, moving away from
proprietary langs.

Connecting the enterprise back-end services in
a secure and scalable manner

Controlling the growing portfolio of applications
deployed “in the wild”

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Worklight Overview
Worklight Studio
The most complete, extensible environment with maximum
code reuse and per-device optimization

Worklight Server
Unified notifications, runtime skinning, version management,
security, integration and delivery

Worklight Runtime Components
Extensive libraries and client APIs that expose and interface
←
with native device functionality

Worklight Console
A web-based console for real-time analytics and control of
your mobile apps and infrastructure

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Worklight Application Types
Browser Access
Web Apps Hybrid Apps - Web
Hybrid Web Hybrid Apps - Mixed
Hybrid Mixed Native Apps
Written in HTML5 HTML5 code and User augments web Platform-specific.
JavaScript and Worklight runtime code with native Requires unique
CSS3. Quick and libraries packaged language for unique expertise, pricy and
cheap to develop, within the app and needs and long to develop.
but less powerful executed in a native maximized user Can deliver higher
than native. shell. experience. user experience.

Mobile Browser Native Shell Native Shell Native Application
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PUBLIC 0100101
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC <! - - created 2003-12-1 0101010 0101011111100000101010
<head><title>XYZ</title created
<html> 1010010 1010101001001010101010
<! - - created 2003-12-12 - </head> 2003-12
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- </body>
</html> </body> 1110010 1010011101010111110010
<head><title>XYZ</title> 0110010
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<body>
</p>
</body>
</html>

Device APIs Device APIs Device APIs

Browser Access Downloadable Downloadable Downloadable

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Downloadable (Native) Apps
High-quality user
experience and full
Application device access.
File System
Stores (on mobile device)
Platform-specific,
requires unique
Native App expertise, expensive to
(Java/Objective-C/C#) develop and maintain.

Mobile Operating System

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Web Apps

Web Server Written in HTML5
JavaScript and CSS3.
Mobile Browser Quick and cheap to
develop.
Native App
(Java/Objective-C/C#) Less powerful than
native and limited device
access.


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Hybrid Apps
Combines best of both
worlds:
Application File System
Stores (on mobile device) Primarily written in
HTML5, CSS, JS while
Native Container allowing full access to
device capabilities.
HTML, CSS, JavaScript


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Worklight Studio

Integrated Development
Environment
(Eclipse Plug-in)

Application development
using native and/or familiar
web technologies:
• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript

Integrated device SDKs allow
direct access from within the
IDE to emulators and code
debugging utilities

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Integrating Best-in-class Tools
Worklight is compatible with prominent HTML5 libraries and tools:

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Incorporated Device SDKs

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Incorporated Device SDKs – Continued

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Apps – Single Shared Codebase

Common code placed
in primary file

Environment optimization
code is maintained separately

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Apps – Hybrid Coding – Native and Web

Combine HTML5 and native-
based pages in the same
application

Call native code from HTML-
based pages

Display HTML and native
components together on the
same page

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Back-end Integration
Secure back-end integration.

XML-based declarative
specification.

Multi-source data mashups.

Eclipse plug-in supporting
auto-complete and validation.

Simplified adapter testing .

Server-side debugging.

Web services and JDBC
integration.

Access to session data and
user properties.

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Back-end Integration – Adapters
• Select an adapter to deploy
• Right click on it Run As - Deploy Worklight Adapter

• The Worklight Studio will archive the adapter code and deploy it onto the
Worklight Server
• You can see the deployed adapter in the Worklight Console

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Centralized Build

Source Code Worklight
Repository Build System

Integ with RTC

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Dynamic Control of Deployed Apps

• Centralized control of all installed applications and adapters
• Remotely disable apps by device and version
• Customize user messages

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What are Push Notifications?
A Push Notification is the ability of a
mobile devices to receive messages that
are “pushed” from a server
Notifications are received regardless of
whether the application is currently
running or not
Notification may take several forms:
• Alert – a pop-up text message
• Badge – a small badge mark appearing next
to the application icon
• Sound alert

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Key Elements of Push Notifications
Trigger
• Behavior-based
• Pre-defined
• Rule-driven
Content type
• Universal versus Personalized
• Open versus Protected
• Lean versus Detailed
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consectetur adipiscing elit.
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User behavior orci, in iaculis sem faucibus
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• Read/Write
• Act-Outside-the-App
Nice to have
• Analytics, feedback, etc

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Availability of Mobile Push Notifications Services

Apple iOS 3
Google Android 2.2
RIM BlackBerry 5
Microsoft Windows Phone 7

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Push Services Management

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Direct Update
App Versions relate to the native’s version.
In addition, at any time, you can update the web resources
within the App.
This is useful for production Apps, but also reduces the
development and testing overhead associated with re-
installing the native App on a device or simulator.
New web resources are packaged in .wlapp files and deployed
to the server. An App accessing the server will find the new
resources and refresh itself.
Admins can also lock a version to prevent updating its web
resources

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Direct Update – On-device Logic
1. Web resources packaged
with app to ensure initial
Native Shell offline availability

1 Download 2. Web resources transferred to
Pre-packaged
resources app's cache storage
App Store
3. App checks for updates
2 Transfer • On startup
• On foreground
3 Check for
updates 4. Updated web resources
Cached downloaded when necessary
Worklight Web resources
Server resources

4 Update web
resource

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Runtime Skinning – Use Cases
Skins provide support for multiple
Different form factors in a single executable
Screen Sizes file for devices of the same OS
family.

Skins are sub-variant of an
Different environment.
Screen Densities
Packaged together in one App.

Different Decision on which skin to use is
done automatically at runtime.
Input Method

Support
for HTML5

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Direct Update - Distribution
V1.0
Native Shell
Web Code
Web Updated Web
Resources Worklight Server Resources for V1.0
<!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC
<html>
<! - - created
2011-12-1
<head><title>XYZ
</title

Worklight
</head>
</body>
</html>

Studio Maintains recent web resources Updated Web
for native apps V1.0 and V1.1 Resources for V1.1
V1.1
Native Shell
Develop: Web Code
• Native app <!DOCTYPE html

• Web resources
PUBLIC

Native + Web <html>

Application Stores (*)
<! - - created

Download 2011-12-1
<head><title>XYZ

Resources </title
</head>
</body>
</html>

(*) During development cycles, testers automatically get recent web resources via
internal distribution mechanisms and not application stores.

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Securing Mobile Apps
Protecting data on the Enforcing security
device updates

Secure challenge- App Jailbreak and
Encrypted Offline Remote
response on authenticity malware Direct update
offline cache authentication disable
startup testing detection

SSL with
Shell as Authentication Data Using device Proven
server Code
organizational integration protection id as 2nd platform
identity obfuscation
sandbox framework realms factor security
verification

Streamlining Providing robust
Application
Corporate security authentication and
Security
processes authorization

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Current Online Software Distribution

Download 30-day evaluation version Documentation and wizards inside Studio

Full documentation available online, Support via portal, forum, e-mail
including over 40 online training modules

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For More Information
Resource Location
30-day Software Trial www.worklight.com/download
Online Training www.worklight.com/download/get-started
Documentation www.worklight.com/download/documentation
Product Resources www.worklight.com/resources/product-resources
Webinars www.worklight.com/resources/webinars-and-tools
Additional Info info@worklight.com

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