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Before investing in a mobile application development platform, there are a few things to consider ensuring smooth and effortless app development.
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How to Select a Mobile App Development Platform (MADP)
Summary • Mobile App Development Platforms(MADP) are an all-inclusive group of products and services that allow businesses to rapidly build, test and deploy mobile apps • More and more enterprises are looking towards MADPs for speeding up the pace of development • They accelerate the mobile application development process and they provide developers with a consolidated framework for developing, testing, designing and deploying. …
Developer Tools • Tools should allow for easy testing, building, hosting and debugging of apps. • There are a range of MADPs that provide low-code solutions which come with drag-and-drop support and templates • CLI offers better agility when it comes to organizing and handling the development environment • This plays a crucial role in choosing the MADP as the designers and developers need to be comfortable with the kind of controls it provides. …
Open Source Libraries • Access to Open Source Libraries is important as developers are fairly dependent on them. • They play a significant role in the speed of development, development of the app and integration …
Integration of Native and Web Elements • A native app is a program that has been designed for use on a particular device and can interact and take advantage of the features of a particular operating system or software installed on that platform. • Web apps are hosted on web browsers and can typically offer users more information than a mobile site which compresses information in order to improve usability. • It has become important to select a MADP that easily integrates the native and web elements of an app when developing for multiple platforms. …
Security • Mobile devices need an extra layer of security with certain authentication and authorization procedures in place • The MADP of choice needs to offer secure and easy management of data in all environments • It is necessary to assess the MADPs integration with MDM and MAM tools. …
App Monitoring and Analytics • User experience is critical to the development of enterprise apps • User feedback stemming from the use of the app allows developers to continuously make changes during the development process in a prompt manner • MADP plays a significant role in translating this user data into insights and analytics, providing an easy way to monitor the app's performance …
Deployment • MADPs can be utilized as a cloud-based service or on-premise • Cloud service can provide an early start without upfront costs while on-premise fees can offer a lower total cost with increased levels of security • Before investing in a MADP, enterprises need to establish the developer’s needs and the capabilities of the MADP in delivering on those needs …