APPS THAT IMPRESS

7 HABITS

1. Align development environments

Dev and Test

Production

Things get messier…

2. Account for growth

Source: http://httparchive.org/trends (Sept.1, 2012-Sept 1, 2013)

Pages are growing. Fast.

3. De-fog virtualized

environments

How your server

administrator feels about

virtualizing the data center

How your network

administrator feels about

virtualizing the data center

4. Measure user experience

Let the data tell you what to fix…

5. Eliminate second-class

users

…and your employees can (and

will) go elsewhere

Your next customer could be from anywhere…

6. Rethink “performance” ROI

• Lower TCO

• Improved customer satisfaction

• Improved employee retention

• Faster time to revenue

• Increased revenue

7. Prioritize performance

Nobody is immune to user expectations

Source: http://www.3scale.net/2012/06/surveying-1000-apis-think-apis-are-for-startups-only-think-again/

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