Next Generation Apps

Utilizing technology to improve the quality of the applications

What?

What are these next gen apps?

Applications that are:

• Easy to use
• Great UI / UX
• Follow the technical standards
• Easy to develop, deploy and launch
• Completely secure and sandboxed
• Built on latest technologies*

How?

How do we create these next gen apps?

Categories

• Model level technologies
• Server-side technologies
• Client-side technologies
• Development technologies
• Deployment technologies
• Launch technologies

Model Level Technologies

Machine Learning

• Natural Language Processing

• Analytics embedded into apps

• Artificial Intelligence

• More Complex models

Server-side Technologies

Lowering Latency for the requests

• Server side caching
• HTTP Caching
• Using CORS, Mimes and Manifestations
• Enable ETAGS and Expiration Headers
• GZIP Compression
• Session Management
• Appropriate type of server

Security

• SSL (HTTPS)
• Prevention of Injection Attacks
• Preventing XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
• Correct File / Folder Access
  • 777 permissions
  • Sniffing during upload
  • Sensitive files
  • Hidden files

Data Storage

• Different Database types
  • PSQL
  • NOSQL
    • MongoDB / Cassandra
    • Amazon Dynamo DB
• Files Storage
  • Server Storage / Amazon EBS
  • Amazon S3 / CDN
  • Amazon Glacier

Collaboration

• Firebase
• Node.js
• WebRTC
• Media Servers
• External Apps

APIs

• Provide External APIs

• Industry Standard APIs

Client Side Technologies

Scaffolding

• Mobile First Approach
• Touch compatible interfaces
• Responsive Layouts
• Mobile Compliancy
• User Interactivity

Design / UX

• Canvas
• SASS and HTML5
• Design Templates
• WebGL
• Animations
  • DOM Movements
  • CSS3 Frames

Performance

• App Caching
• Local Storage
• Preventing XSS Attacks
• Memory Management
• Cross-Browser Compatibility
• IndexedDB and WebSQL
• Printable CSS
• Code Security

Development Technologies

Automation

• Code Scaffolding
• GruntJS
• Package Management
• Less time consuming technologies / libraries
  • CoffeeScript
  • HAML
• Creating Libraries for most used things

Testing

• Functional Testing
• UI Testing
• Test plans
• Unit Testing

Process Improvements

• Code Review
• Maintaining and Logging versions
  • Readme file
  • Change Log

Deployment Technologies

Automation

• Continous Integration Server
• Deployment Automation
  • Ansible
  • Loadbalancing
  • AWS
  • Stateless
• Content Delivery Network
• Assigning access and privileges to devs

Launch Technologies

Final View

• Chrome Apps
  • Packaged Apps
  • Managed Apps
• Multi-platform native applications
  • For Assessments
  • For single point of development