Claire Reynaud
## info@clairereynaud.net - @ClaireReynaud
# A mobile app is a computer program designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets{title}
## App stores
Wikipedia: List of mobile software distribution platforms
# Why you should really care about mobile{title}
## Mobile web vs Desktop web
# 2 Billion people will have a smartphone by 2016 (worldwide, source: emarketer.com){title}
## Smartphones adoption in a few countries
## Mobile apps vs mobile web
# Should you build an app? (vs something else){title}
# Who is your target user? In which country?{title}
## Not so (dumb)phones
# How to build a good app?{title}
# Who is your target user? What problem are your solving?{title}
# Beware the app scope creep{title}
## Mobile constraints
* Finite data & battery
* 1 thumb, 1 eye
* Small screen
* Network that goes up and down
# Mobility: context aware{title}
# Consistency{title}
# Usability tests{title}
## Misc UX and design links
Online course: UX Design for Mobile Developers
iOS Human Interfaces Guidelines
Material design for Android
User onboarding: app teardowns
Explaining graphic design to 4 year olds
# Android{title}
# Java{title}
## Official Android documentation
API guides
Getting started guide
## Misc Android resources and blogs
Vogella Android tutorials
YouTube Android developers channel
Fragmented Podcast
Android Weekly
Gradle, please
## Some Android developers you can follow on Twitter
@CyrilMottier
@DonnFelker
@JakeWharton
## Android Java vs jRE Java
Wikipedia: JRE Java vs Android API
Android packages reference
# iOS{title}
# Objective-C or Swift{title}
## Official iOS documentation
iOS Developer guides
## Misc iOS resources and blogs
NSHipster
Ray Wenderlich tutorials
Objc.io blog
iOS dev weekly newsletter
## Where to find libraries for iOS
Cocoapods: dependency manager
Cocoacontrols
Github
# So that's it for what runs on the smartphone{title}
# A mobile app usually needs access to the network{title}
## A lot of APIs
* User authentication (including social authentication)
* Saving data on a server
* Push notifications
* Real-time messaging
* Crash reporting
* Analytics
* Offline support
...
# "The Cloud": there is a service for that{title}
## Stackshare: let's see what Slack or Airbnb are using
http://stackshare.io
## The services I use (or want to try):
* Parse (mBAAS: Mobile Backend As A Service)
* Firebase (mBAAS)
* Facebook SDK
* Twitter SDK: Fabric, Crashlytics
* Flurry: analytics
* Heroku (PAAS)
* Amazon Web Services, e.g S3 (Simple Storage Service)
# Don't reinvent the wheel{title}
# Technical alternatives: web and hybrid apps{title}
# Javascript, CSS, html{title}
## Technical alternatives: web and hybrid apps
* Apache Cordova
* Phonegap
* Ionic
* Titanium
* Caniuse: browser support tables for web technologies
# App stores{title}
# 1.5 Million of apps in the App Store or Play Store{title}
# App Store dynamics: rich gets richer{title}
# Other platforms{title}
# Windows phone{title}
# Firefox OS{title}
# Ubuntu phone{title}
# Thanks! Questions?{title}
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