These mobile apps will let you totally rethink hybrid app development

These mobile apps will let you totally rethink hybrid app development

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  These mobile appswill let you totally rethink hybrid app development Ivano Malavolta DISIM | University of L’Aquila
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  Introduction How many timeshave you heard claims like these? PhoneGap apps are slow... Native apps are more beautiful than web apps... Hybrid apps are simply web sites distributed in the app stores... Native apps are better than hybrid apps: they can save data, they can manage files, etc. etc.
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  Introduction In this presentationI will try to rebalance those (mis)-beliefs by showing 10 REAL EXAMPLES REAL EXAMPLES OF HYBRID APPLICATIONS IN THE APP STORES NOW
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  Frascati Scienza Non-linear layouts In-appRSS feed reader QR code scanning https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/frascati-scienza-scienziati/id686974321?mt=8 Maps
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  Lancia Y panoramic, first-personviews of interiors with accelerometer 360° rotation with zoom smooth flippable chapters https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/lancia-ypsilon/id433904305?mt=8
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  Feedly News Reader swipe-basednavigation among articles swipable menus for options, saved articles and search https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/feedly-your-google-reader/id396069556?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devhd.feedly&hl=it
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  Khan Academy fast search withauto-complete video support with bookmarks and automatic sync between text and video stream https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/khan-academy/id469863705?mt=8
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  Rormix In-line video playing Searchwith suggestions Styled menus https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rormix-discover-emerging-music/id700740840?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rormix
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  Evernote Contents visualization with animations Texteditor with attachments and images markup https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rormix
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  Amazon Full e-commerce features native-likedynamic tooltips https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/amazon-mobile/id335187483?mt=8
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  Linkedin Scrollable upper menu withsmooth navigation All the features of the official LinkedIn platform available https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/linkedin/id288429040?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linkedin.android
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  Musixmatch Sync between playedsong and its lyrics Audio recording https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/musixmatch-lyrics-player/id448278467?mt=8
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  POP Draw on canvas+ dynamic events "Classical" side menu https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pop-prototyping-on-paper/id555647796?mt=8 Sharing via social networks and email
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  Conclusion Those apps arereally good, but in my experience I also saw A LOT of poorly developed apps Main traits (of failure): • • • no separation of concerns, no architectural reasoning no reasoning about performance (many many many DOM reflows and queries) Javascript code can have memory issues too
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  Contact Ivano Malavolta |DISIM + 39 380 70 21 600 iivanoo [email protected] www.ivanomalavolta.com