This document discusses the relationship between mobile app development and backend services. It explains that mobile apps need scalable backend services to handle data storage, user management, notifications, and other tasks that mobile devices cannot handle alone. It then introduces the concept of backend as a service (BaaS), where developers can use third-party services to access common backend functions without having to build their own backend infrastructure. The document provides examples of startups that are using BaaS to develop their mobile apps.

1. Mobile Backend on the Move
Building Mobile Apps with Scalable Back End

2. 1. The two worlds – Mobile and Backend
2. Why Mobile Apps need Backend services
3. What’s in store in Backend services for Mobile App
Developers
4. Backend as a Service in Practice
5. The voids, nulls and coredumps

3. 1. The two worlds – Mobile and Backend
2. Why Mobile Apps need Backend services
3. What’s in store in Backend services for Mobile App
Developers
4. Backend as a Service in Practice
5. The voids, nulls and coredumps

4. Mobile App Developer
User Experience & Design
Graphics
Mobile Operating Systems
Social Integration
Location Services

5. Mobile App Developer

6. Backend Developer
Scalability
Database
Distributed Systems
Fault Tolerance
Virtualization

7. Backend Developer

8. Backend Developer
Mobile App
Developer

9. Mobile App Developer
Backend Developer

10. 1. The two worlds – Mobile and Backend
2. Why Mobile Apps need Backend services
3. What’s in store in Backend services for Mobile App
Developers
4. Backend as a Service in Practice
5. The voids, nulls and coredumps

11. “ I wanna build the next big
To-Do-List Application that
beats the s**t out of Remember
the Milk, Astrid “

12. Task ListTask List
Share Task RemindersShare Task Reminders
Social RemindersSocial Reminders
Cross device RemindersCross device Reminders
Public Task ListPublic Task List

13. Local
Reminder
User
Interface
Local
Storage
Location
Services

14. Shared
Storage
Push
Notifications
User
Login
Social
Import

15. Device
Independence

16. Offload
Intensive tasks

17. State
Management

18. Integration with
Services

19. Limits of
RTOS

20. 1. The two worlds – Mobile and Backend
2. Why Mobile Apps need Backend services
3. What’s in store in Backend services for Mobile App
Developers
4. Backend as a Service in Practice
5. The voids, nulls and coredumps
Scalable
Backend services

21. Unpredictable
Usage

22. is Hard !is Hard !is Hard !is Hard !is Hard !is Hard !is Hard !is Hard !

24. 1. The two worlds – Mobile and Backend
2. Why Mobile Apps need Backend services
3. What’s in store in Backend services for Mobile App
Developers
4. Backend as a Service in Practice
5. The voids, nulls and coredumps

25. Storage

26. User Management

27. Messaging

28. Notifications

29. Social

30. Analytics

31. Anything
Everything..........

32. Mobile
Backend
As
A
Service

33. Not AgainNot Again
Another BuzzwordAnother Buzzword

34. 1. The two worlds – Mobile and Backend
2. Why Mobile Apps need Backend services
3. What’s in store in Backend services for Mobile App
Developers
4. Backend as a Service in Practice
5. The voids, nulls and coredumps

38. In Action
Storage Users Notifications

39. Hipmunk
Out of Milk Anypic
DrawChat

41. 1. The two worlds – Mobile and Backend
2. Why Mobile Apps need Backend services
3. What’s in store in Backend services for Mobile App
Developers
4. Backend as a Service in Practice
5. The voids, nulls and coredumps

42. 1. Reduce Provider dependency
2. Migrate existing apps
3. Custom Code and DSLs
4. Device and Platform support