HTML5 Italy: Back end ecosystems for your applications - Cesare Rocchi + Claudio Tesoriero
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The document discusses different backend options for mobile applications, including custom backends, iCloud, Dropbox, cloud platforms like Heroku, and backend as a service (BaaS) providers. It compares features of the options like data storage models, management requirements, costs, and lock-in. Popular BaaS providers mentioned are Parse, Kinvey, and BaasBox which provides user management, data storage, and push notifications without requiring an application server or database server.
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curl -d "name=menu&meta=[
{
"name": "Margherita",
"id" : "margherita",
"price": 5,
"ingredients": "Pizza con pomodoro e mozzarella"
}, ... ]"
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-H X-BAASBOX-APPCODE:1234567890
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HTML5 Italy: Back end ecosystems for your applications - Cesare Rocchi + Claudio Tesoriero
- 1. Back-end ecosystems for your applications Claudio Tesoriero @baasbox Cesare Rocchi Monday, February 25, 13
- 2. Outline • Needs when choosing a backend • Features • Overview of different approaches SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 3. Who am I? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 4. UX designer and developer SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 5. Who are you? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 6. Quick version SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 7. It’s complicated SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 8. Thank you! SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 9. App Target • Not apps where mobile is “just a view” • Apps which are inherently mobile • From web to app • App needs a back-end SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 10. Examples SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 11. dayoneapp.com SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 12. culturedcode.com/things SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 13. Questions SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 14. Have I to manage it? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 15. Have I to manage it? • At which level? • Am I able to do it? • Have I time to learn? • Is it worth it? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 16. What’s the synch model? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 17. What’s the synch model? • Does it match my goals? • Can I change it if needed? • What about protocols? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 18. Have I to pay? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 19. Have I to pay? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 20. Who is to pay? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 21. Impact on UX? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 22. Impact on UX? • Does it break any flow? • How frequently? • is it “ok” with that? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 23. Lock-in? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 24. Lock-in? • How to migrate data? • Switching cost? • Effort • Code front-end • Data compatibility • Cash SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 25. Options • iCloud • Dropbox • Custom • Back-end as a Service (BaaS) SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 26. What is iCloud? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 27. Stores and synchs stuff SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 28. It just works ... SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 29. ... when it works. SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
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- 34. Questions • Have I to manage it? • What’s the synch model? • Who’s to pay? • Impact on UX? • Lock-in? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 35. Have I to manage it? • Learn the API • Apple takes care of • installation • scalability SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 36. What’s the synch model? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 37. Daemon • Monitors changes • Works on metadata • Shreds files • Supports conflict resolution SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 38. Special folder, synched SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 39. Synched when “appropriate” SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 40. Types of Information • Key-value • Documents • CoreData SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 41. Who’s to pay? • The final user • Your app will use his quota • 5Gb for free SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 42. Impact on UX? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 43. Impact on UX? • User expectation • No control on upload • “Why isn’t there?” • Open the app to synch • User turns off iCloud? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 44. Lock-in • Huge • Only on iOS • No way to migrate SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 45. Dropbox SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 46. Dropbox • File-based • Special folder • Synchronized across devices • Supports other platforms SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 47. Have I to manage it? • Already set up • installation • bandwidth • scalability SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 48. What’s the synch model? • Desktop synchronizes continuously • Mobile apps have to query the backend • HTTP API • SDKs for iOS, Android, Ruby, Python SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 49. What’s the synch model? • No conflict resolution (revision #) • Data serialization is up to you • No file shredding SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 50. Who’s to pay? • The final user • Your app will use his disk quota • 2 Gb for free SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 51. Impact on UX? • Authentication the first time • User might modify files • Control on the upload SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 52. Lock-in • None • Each user owns his data • Personal/team usage • ... but nothing more SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 53. Similar • box.net • sugarsync.com • google drive • amazon S3 SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 54. Custom SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
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- 56. IaaS PaaS SaaS SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 57. IaaS PaaS SaaS • Data • Data • Application • Application • Runtime • Middleware • OS SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 58. IaaS PaaS SaaS • Data • Data • Application • Application • Runtime • Middleware • OS AWS, Rackspace, ... Heroku, Appfog, ... Baasbox SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 59. IaaS PaaS • Data • Data • Application • Application • Runtime • Middleware • OS AWS, Rackspace, ... Heroku, Appfog, ... SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 60. PaaS • Data • Application SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 61. PaaS Questions • Which language? • Which DB? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 62. Heroku SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 63. Languages • Ruby • Python • Java • Scala • Closure • Node.js SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 64. DBs • Postgres • MySQL (via addon) • MongoDB (via addon) SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 65. Dyno • Essentially a process • Web • Worker • # of dynos + db profile + addons = backend cost SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 66. IaaS PaaS • OS • Data • Middleware • Application • Runtime • Data • Application SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 67. IaaS • OS • Middleware • Runtime • Data • Application SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 68. Questions • Which OS? • Which language? • Which DB? • How many machines? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 69. Amazon Web Services SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 70. Amazon Web Services • CDN • Storage • Networking • DBs • Services: email, queue managers • Con: cost estimation SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 71. Good old way • Buy a server • pick the hardware • install OS • rent space/bandwidth in a farm SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 72. Server side frameworks SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 73. Ruby • http://rubyonrails.org • http://www.sinatrarb.com • http://www.padrinorb.com SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 74. Python • https://www.djangoproject.com • http://www.pylonsproject.org • http://flask.pocoo.org SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 75. Node.js • http://expressjs.com • http://geddyjs.org • http://flatironjs.org • http://railwayjs.com • http://towerjs.org SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 76. ORM • ActiveRecord • DataMapper • Sequel • SQLAlchemy SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 77. BaaS SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 78. Baas • Backend for mobile apps • Files, key-value • API SDK • Push notifications SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 79. Baas • User management • account creation/verification • Login with Twitter/Facebook • ACL SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 80. Baas • Time to market • Focus on the front-end SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 81. Services • cloudmine.me • stackmob.com • kinvey.com • parse.com • buddy.com • sencha.io SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 82. Blood pact SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 83. Claudio Tesoriero SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 84. BaasBox • No application server • No database server • JVM only requirement • Runs everywhere SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 85. BaasBox • User management • ACL • Assets • Collections SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 86. BaasBox • Download • ./start SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 87. BaasBox on OpenShift rhc app create pizzabox diy-0.1 cd pizzabox tar xvfz baasbox-openshift-xx.tar.gz git add . git commit -m "init" git push SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 88. BaasBox on CentOS yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk scp baasbox-xx.tar.gz user@host:remotepath cd remotepath ./start SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 89. PizzaBox Dev BaasBox Pizzaiolo Clienti SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 90. BaasBox Console SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 91. BaasBox Web app SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 92. BaasBox iPhone app SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 93. Asset curl --form file=@margherita.png --form name=margherita --user admin:admin -H X-BAASBOX-APPCODE:1234567890 http://localhost:9000/admin/asset SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 94. Menu curl -d "name=menu&meta=[ { "name": "Margherita", "id" : "margherita", "price": 5, "ingredients": "Pizza con pomodoro e mozzarella" }, ... ]" --user admin:admin -H X-BAASBOX-APPCODE:1234567890 http://localhost:9000/admin/asset SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 95. Orders curl -d "" -H X-BAASBOX-APPCODE:1234567890 --user admin:admin http://localhost:9000/admin/collection/orders SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 96. Create order curl -d "{ "list": {"margherita": 2,"quattrostagioni": 2}, "user": { "name": "Cesare", "surname": "Rocchi", "address": "Via delle vie 12, Roma", ... }, "time": "2013-01-02Z14:21", "total": 12.5, }" -H X-BAASBOX-APPCODE:1234567890 --user cesare:cesare http://localhost:9000/document/orders SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 97. Demo SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 98. Migration SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 99. Now we are working on • Push Notification • SDK (iOS, Android, JS) • 3rd party authentication • Business analytics SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 100. Federico Pacilli CEO BaasBox SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 101. How can we help each other? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 102. Video Tutorials SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 103. How can YOU make money? SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 104. Marketplace SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 105. PizzaBox Dev BaasBox Pizzaiolo Clienti SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 106. Marketplace • Referral program (30%) • 35% if non-exclusive • 50%-70% if selling exclusive SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 107. We have 3 ideas SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 108. You can candidate job@baasbox.com SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 109. We provide back-end support SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 110. 70% for the first year (+ 30% referral) SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 111. 1000€ upfront SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 112. Contacts • http://www.baasbox.com • twitter.com/baasbox • facebook.com/baasbox • github.com/baasbox • info@baasbox.com SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 113. jobs@baasbox.com SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13
- 114. youtube.com/user/LiveSeeweb Lunedi 25 alle 18.30 SWIPE CONFERENCE 2012 Monday, February 25, 13