3rd Party SDK/Framework Solution Considerations (Part 2)

3rd Party Solution Considerations (Part 2) Now that we have a good clarity and understanding around the finer nuances and purposes of SDKs, Frameworks, Libraries, API’s, and REST API’s, let’s continue to dive further into the this subject. In this post we’ll be comparing SDKs and REST APIs for mobile platforms.  I’m doing this because this blog has a mobile focus and in the mobile world, these are the two terms most often...

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3rd Party SDK/Framework Solution Considerations (Part 1)

3rd Party Solution Considerations The mobile strategy of an organization may revolve around an amazing mobile or edge device technology, capability, implementation, or idea.  However, does that mean that same organization should invest its mobile strategy, development, and time into a single mobile app/PWA or edge device for that capability? If the capability is that incredible - why limit it to a single edge device or mobile...

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Super Apps Super Charged using App Clips(Part2)

App Clip Supporting Super Apps Based on the last post, App Clips sound pretty cool - and that’s because they are! The coolness certainly jumps out when business leaders are looking to onboard new mobile users in an incredibly difficult market. App Clips provide real opportunities to minimize the user’s barrier to entry - which is paramount in mobile. p { padding-top:12px; line-height:1.5; letter-spacing: 0.06em; } p span { font-family:...

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Super Apps Super Charged using App Clips(Part1)

App Clip Supporting Super Apps In the last post we dove into the mobile Super App.  We looked into where they're penetrating certain markets and some of their pros and cons from an app and usability perspective. In this post, we'll take a closer technical look at the Super App and some alternative architectural and user onboarding considerations.   Don't worry, as always this is not a blog to teach coding - as promised,...

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Mobile Dev Strategy: Architecture Trends (Super Apps)

 Your Mobile Strategy and Super Apps At this point, we've covered the development aspects and the organizational considerations which go into evaluating what mobile development strategy is likely to best fit your organization's needs and why. In this post, we'll move away from development strategies and look at mobile app architecture.This is the first of a two part series where we're going to take a look at some of the mobile app trends we're...

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Mobile Dev Strategy: Wearable Development & Strategy

Wearable App. Development and Design Strategies Continuing our mobile development strategies section of this blog, I'd like to move into wearables.   However, in this post, we'll only initially address wearables development.  We'll keep it brief for two reasons: Wearables today are pretty much developed natively on Apple and cross-platform frameworks have various levels...

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