The document discusses hybrid mobile development using Telerik AppBuilder and Xamarin. Telerik AppBuilder allows developing cross-platform mobile apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript that can be deployed natively to iOS and Android. It integrates simulators and live syncing. Apps can be published directly to app stores without needing a Mac. Xamarin allows developing cross-platform apps using C# that are compiled to native packages, maximizing code reuse. Both tools address the challenges of developing for multiple mobile platforms but require perfecting the user experience for each.

1. Telerik AppBuilder 101
Samidip Basu Microsoft MVP, MS, MCPD, CAPM
Developer Advocate | Telerik Inc. | www.telerik.com
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4. State of Mobile
 Conservatives
 We’ll just make the web
 Mobile Web still the lowest hanging fruit
 Lots of help with RWD
 Liberals
 Mobile apps should be native
 Swear by their PCs/Macs
 Have cash/need or indie
 Bipartisans
 Avoid extremes | Technologists | Love Xbox & their families
 Accept JavaScript as assembly language of the web
 Love C# & managed code comfort

5. Eclipse
Java
Mac OS X Windows
Visual
Studio
XAML, C#
Xcode
Objective-
C
WWW
Multiple
HTML,
CSS, JS
Multiple
Platform Choices & Complexity
 Native
 Mobile Web
 “Hybrid” Mobile

6. Hybrid Mobile Development
 Telerik AppBuilder
 Use HTML5/CSS3/JS to go x-plat
 True single code base
 Built on top of Apache Cordova
 Apache Cordova vs Adobe PhoneGap – know the difference
 Integrated powerful Simulators
 Plug & play
 Huge choice of IDEs
 Live Sync!
 Adaptive mobile controls
 App packages contain all web assets & other artifacts
 Deployed natively
 Publish to Stores with ease
 Part of Telerik Platform – Design + Cloud Backend + Analytics + Test + Manage/Deploy
 PhoneGap has a subset of offerings – Go try it, I’ll wait for you to come back quick!
 Runs in giant web view
 Perfecting UX takes time

7. Hybrid Mobile Development
 Xamarin
 Go x-plat with C# everywhere
 Compiled to native app packages
 C# APIs mapped to native ones through Mono framework
 Maximize code reuse through PCLs
 Unified IDE
 Android/iOS Designers
 Need a Mac
 Still need to create different UIs for different platforms

8. <…>
<…> PC
MAC
SDKs
Compilers
Etc.
Change is in the air ..

9. <…>
To THIS!

10. Deploy wirelessly to any device
QR Code Deployment
• Companion App - provision-less deployment to iOS
• Deploy to Android and provisioned iOS via QR Code also
• Same for Windows Phone & Kindles

11. Once ready, publish straight to
Apple & Google App Stores!
(You don’t need a Mac) 

12. Let’s dig into some Telerik AppBuilder goodness!

13. Thank you!
Telerik AppBuilder101 | Questions?
Samidip Basu Microsoft MVP, MS, MCPD, CAPM
Developer Advocate | Telerik Inc. | www.telerik.com
E: Sam.Basu@Telerik.com | L: x3179 | C: 507 244 0579
T: @samidip | W: http://samidipbasu.com