Using PhoneGap for Mobile App Development in the Enterprise

Ron Perry, Worklight CTO

Steve Gill, PhoneGap Community Champion

Agenda

Introduction

Enterprise Considerations for Mobile App Development

The PhoneGap - Worklight Approach

Q&A

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About PhoneGap

Use HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to make cross platform mobile applications

Single code base for multiple platforms

Access Native APIs

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About Worklight

Mobile app platform for HTML5, hybrid and native apps

Used to develop, run and manage cross-platform apps for smartphones and tablets

Enables consumer, business and internal apps

Active PhoneGap community member and contributor

PhoneGap bundled in as a core technology component

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Enterprise Considerations for Mobile App Development

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Is Enterprise Mobile Development Different?

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Employee-Facing

Partner-Facing

Customer-Facing Games

Social Apps Utility Apps

ENTERPRISE NON-ENTERPRISE

Form factors

Cost-Effective Cross Platform Support

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Bring Your Own Device to Work (“BYOD”)

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86% of IT departments provide at least some support for personal mobile devices

Only 10% prohibit use of personal devices

Cross-platform Development Considerations

Ability to create the user interface that you need

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Cross-platform Development Considerations

Ability to create the user interface that you need

Avoiding the lowest-common-denominator pitfall

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Cross-platform Development Considerations

Ability to create the user interface that you need

Avoiding the lowest-common-denominator pitfall

Learning curve

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Cross-platform Development Considerations

Ability to create the user interface that you need

Avoiding the lowest-common-denominator pitfall

Learning curve

Avoiding vendor lock-in / technology that won’t keep up

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ven·dor lock·in/ vendər läk in / Noun Definition: Vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in, makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services, unable to use another vendor without substantial switching costs.

Using What the Device Has to Offer

Camera

GPS

Push notifications

Address book

Accelerometer

NFC

…

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Back-end Data Integration

Ease of development

User experience and avoiding delays

Scalability

Compatibility with cross-platform technology

Offline access to data

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Security and Authentication

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AES256

Authenticating users • Authentication protocol translation

• Thwarting keyloggers

• Two-factor authentication

• Single sign-on

Authentication when offline

Securing cached data

Jailbreak detection

Disabling access from stolen devices

R&D Processes and Developer Teams

Mobile development tools

Collaboration tools • Source code repositories

• Controlled build environment

• ALM tools

Developers with different skillsets

QA and beta testing

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Java

HTML

Obj-C

JS

R&D

QA Beta

Testers

Post-deployment control of apps

Customer support

Understanding usage patterns

Distributing security fixes • Update automatically

• Deny access to flawed version

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The PhoneGap - Worklight Approach

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Combined Solution

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• Cross-platform Runtime

• Enables use of HTML5 as core technology

• Access to Device APIs

PhoneGap Worklight

• Back-end data integration

• Security and authentication

• R&D development tools

• Post-deployment control

Centralized Build

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Source Code

Repository

Build System

The Trivial Connectivity Approach

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Protecting data?

User authentication?

Dealing with stolen devices?

Updating client-side code?

Getting JSON on the client?

Push notifications?

Dealing with changes to the API?

Architecture Overview

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Authenticated Sessions

Data Representation

User Management, Remote Disable

• Security and Authentication

• Back-end Data Integration • Post-deployment Control • Diagnostics

Cross Platform Technology

For More Information

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Resource Location

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