Application Development for IBM Connections with IBM Bluemix
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The document outlines the development of applications for IBM Connections using IBM Bluemix, detailing the benefits of using the platform, including cloud hosting, coding focus, and various services available. It provides resources for developers to learn about REST APIs and details a demo application accessing IBM Connections. Important disclaimers about product availability, information accuracy, and the nature of the statements on future products are also included.
Application Development for IBM Connections with IBM Bluemix
- 1. Application Development for IBM Connections with IBM Bluemix © 2014 IBM Corporation Niklas Heidloff IBM Bluemix Developer Advocate @nheidloff heidloff.net DNUG / 12.11.2014
- 2. Please Note IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment. The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon many factors, including considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user’s job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the workload processed. Therefore, no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve results similar to those stated here. © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 3. Agenda 1) IBM Connections App Dev 2) IBM Bluemix 3) Demo: Sample App on Bluemix accessing Connections © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 4. What is App Dev for IBM Connections Social Cloud? Connections is a social platform that provides services like user profiles and files which can be accessed via REST APIs to build applications rapidly Connections provides extension points to pull in third party applications in the Connections UI and Connections supports notifications from third party applications in the activity stream © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 5. How can I learn and use the Connections REST APIs? Landing Page: https://developer.ibm.com/social © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 6. How can I learn and use the Connections REST APIs? IBM Connections Cloud Developers Documentation Wiki © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 7. How can I learn and use the Connections REST APIs? API Explorer © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 8. How can I learn and use the Connections REST APIs? Social Business Toolkit SDK © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 9. Bluemix - Platform as a Service Client managed © 2014 IBM Corporation Applications Data Runtime Middleware O/S Virtualization Servers Storage Networking Applications Data Runtime Middleware O/S Virtualization Servers Storage Networking Applications Data Runtime Middleware O/S Virtualization Servers Storage Networking Applications Data Runtime Middleware O/S Virtualization Servers Storage Networking Vendor managed On Premises
- 10. What is Bluemix? Bluemix is NOT a replacement of runtimes like Liberty, Node.js, etc. Bluemix is NOT a replacement development tools like Eclipse, mobile SDKs, etc. © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 11. What Benefits does Bluemix provide? Hosting of applications in the cloud (obviously) © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 12. What Benefits does Bluemix provide? Developers can focus on what they like to do most – coding © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 13. What Benefits does Bluemix provide? Choice of runtimes © 2014 IBM Corporation PHP (several alternatives) Python and more
- 14. What Benefits does Bluemix provide? Services, lots of services Web and application Mobile Data management Watson Analytics Internet of things Security © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 15. What Benefits does Bluemix provide? Automatic scalability © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 16. What other Benefits does Bluemix provide? © 2014 IBM Corporation DevOps for the entire application lifecycle To continuously deliver new functionality to applications Integration of on-premises applications To extend existing investments in IT infrastructure Flexible pricing To rapidly bring products and services to market at lower cost
- 17. Demo – Simple Sample Application accessing Connections © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 18. Demo – Simple Sample Application accessing Connections © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 19. Demo – Simple Sample Application accessing Connections © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 20. Demo – Simple Sample Application accessing Connections © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 21. Demo – Simple Sample Application accessing Connections © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 22. Resources IBM Connections Developers: developer.ibm.com/social IBM Bluemix: bluemix.net IBM Bluemix Developers: developer.ibm.com/bluemix Sample: github.com/IBM-Bluemix/connections Niklas Heidloff Blog: heidloff.net © 2014 IBM Corporation
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