PFE3: Offline First with Smart Outage App Colin J Lacy Front-End Architect, GE Power

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Agenda

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FieldVision Architecture Demo Front-End Challenges Questions

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FieldVision

•  Field services application for gathering data on-site

•  Generates reports, tracks costs, manages documents, generates analysis

•  Corporate-wide distribution for field services teams, used by Power, Oil & Gas, Healthcare

•  Built by teams in New Orleans, Connecticut, San Ramon, and Mexico

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Why “Offline First”?

•  Field service technicians often operate in remote locations

•  Data capture is often as primitive as it gets when resources are limited

•  In creating an iPad app for field services, we have to assume completely disconnected users

•  Solve the problem offline before solving it online (…it’s easier that way!)

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Tech Stack •  Couchbase

Replicated NoSQL Database, auto-syncs to device when online, stores data for sync while offline

•  Predix Mobile SDK Webapp container on iOS, wraps local Couchbase Lite, adds data and native device REST API

•  Angular 1.5 Modular front-end application

•  Node & Spring Micro Services Operating backend data services and APIs

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Architecture

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Front End Challenges

•  Unexplored territory •  New tech stack, new frameworks •  Communicating technical limitations to UX •  Finding data model dividing lines •  All business logic on the front-end

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