Are web apps the future?
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The document discusses whether web apps are the future and the shift from thick to thin clients. It notes that web apps provide cross-platform support without software updates, while thick clients offer richer experiences. However, improvements in connectivity, standardization, and software distribution have increased the capabilities of thin clients. The document also introduces cloud apps, which centralize functionality and storage remotely, allowing multiple access methods. Overall, it suggests cloud apps may surpass web apps by offering more flexible access to centralized services.
Are web apps the future?
- 1. Are Web Apps the Future? Jonathan Howell CTO, Huddle @jonathanhowell
- 3. Are Web Apps the Future?
- 5. “Perhaps the jewel in Huddle's crown is its recommenda7ons engine mixed with its sync tool.” 451 Group
- 8. Windows and OS X, Web Browsers Evernote on Mac App Store: more than 50% of all new Evernote accounts in first week of release “Desktop so*ware is viable again” Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
- 12. Why?
- 13. thin client thick client Mainframe
- 14. thin client thick client PC
- 15. thin client thick client Web Apps
- 16. thin client thick client Mobile
- 17. Why the swing?
- 18. thin client thick client No soTware to install or update Richer user experience Cross-‐plaVorm support Device-‐specific capabiliWes Log on anywhere and get the same informaWon Offline support Increasing connectedness StandardisaWon of richer experience Driving down TCO
- 19. thin client thick client No soTware to install or update Richer user experience Cross-‐plaVorm support Device-‐specific capabiliWes Log on anywhere and get the same informaWon Offline support More capable client devices ShiT in UI paradigm Improvements in soTware distribuWon
- 20. (Diversion #1) Good architects know they are making trade-‐offs
- 21. What’s beyond the Web App?
- 22. Cloud Apps funcWonality and data storage centralised and provided “as a service” over the internet many ways to access this funcWonality, depending on the device and user experience required
- 23. vs
- 24. (Diversion #2) ArchitecWng Cloud Apps vs Web Apps
- 25. The API is more important than ever REST / HATEOAS / OAuth 2.0 Use it for everything – including your web app (MVC on the client)
- 26. Cloud Apps > Web Apps (a subtle but important shiT) Jonathan Howell CTO, Huddle @jonathanhowell