Create Event-Driven iOS Apps Using IBM Mobile Foundation, OpenWhisk Runtime and Server-Side Swift
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The document provides an overview of IBM's Mobile Foundation services including Bluemix Mobile Services, OpenWhisk, and Server-Side Swift. It discusses using these services to build event-driven mobile apps. Specific use cases are presented, such as using OpenWhisk, Push Notifications, and Mobile Analytics to send app crash reports to admins or using OpenWhisk and Push Notifications for alerts. A travel app example is also described that leverages various IBM cloud services.
Create Event-Driven iOS Apps Using IBM Mobile Foundation, OpenWhisk Runtime and Server-Side Swift
- 1. InterConnect 2017 Create Event-Driven iOS Apps Using IBM Mobile Foundation, OpenWhisk Runtime and Server-Side Swift Vidyasagar Machupalli 1 4/5/2017 Girish Dhanakshirur
- 2. Agenda 2 4/5/2017 • Overview of IBM Bluemix Mobile ecosystem. • Developer Experience • Overview of OpenWhisk • OpenWhisk Swift Actions + Mobile • Use Cases
- 3. 3 4/5/2017 Bluemix Mobile Services
- 4. Use the IBM Bluemix App ID service to add authentication to your mobile and web apps and protect your back-end systems. 4 4/5/2017 App ID
- 5. - Rest APIs • Provides a unified push service to send real-time notifications to mobile and web applications. • The service provides the ability to personalize and send notifications to a segment of users, single user or broadcast to all users. Client SDKs & Server SDKs - Android, iOS, Cordova and Web Client SDKs and Server SDKs for sending notifications - Java, Node JS and Swift 5 4/5/2017 Supported Platforms Push Notifications
- 6. 6 4/5/2017 Mobile Analytics Service • Mobile app developers and business stakeholders: Use IBM Mobile Analytics for Bluemix to gain insight into how your app is performing and how it is being used. • Monitor performance and usage of all your applications from your desktop or tablet without creating queries or engaging a data analyst. • Quickly identify trends and anomalies, drill down to resolve issues, and trigger alerts when key metrics cross critical thresholds. • Report data directly from your app or connect through MobileFirst Platform Foundation server.
- 7. 7 4/5/2017 Mobile Foundation • The Mobile Foundation service is powered by the market-leading IBM MobileFirst Foundation Platform. • This service radically simplifies building, managing, and updating your mobile app with a pre-integrated, comprehensive set of mobile application services. • Build your app by using the front-end framework and tools of your choice. • Easily add comprehensive security, app lifecycle management, and a back-end logic engine. • Push and offline sync to your apps by using the cross-platform software developer kit (SDK).
- 8. 8 4/5/2017 Mobile Application Content Manager • IBM Mobile Application Content Manager enables a mobile project team to engage app users with personal and contextual content in the mobile moment. • Easy to work with – • both existing and new apps Deliver persuasive, targeted and contextual content without IT Comprehensive content management with ease of use • Effective customer engagement with mobile context
- 10. We just introduced The Bluemix Developer Console. Extending the current Bluemix Mobile Dashboard, this new experience goes beyond mobile and introduces new tools for quickly creating Cloud Native applications across web, mobile and backend. They aim to greatly cut down on development time by generating application starters with all the necessary boilerplate, build and configuration code, so that developers can start coding business logic faster. Bluemix Developer Console Ideate and prototype your app with no code, use a low-code approach to build you app
- 11. Projects and Starters in Bluemix Developer Console Developer Experience
- 13. Project Generation Bluemix Developer Console Value for Bluemix developers Bluemix DevCLI Bluemix Developer Console 1. Starts with… Bluemix Codes … Check in to… App DevOps Open Toolchains Github Kicks off… Builds & Deploys… Developer Calls … Generates … Source Code IDE Orion, VSCode, Atom, Xcode… Autoscale Logmet BAM Integrates with … Provisions … Local ContainerLocal container generation and management Local build and debug Project scaffolding SDK generation Service provisioning API Model generation Swagger generation
- 14. 14 4/5/2017 Bluemix OpenWhisk • A distributed, event-driven compute service • Also referred to as Serverless computing or as Function as a Service (FaaS) • OpenWhisk runs application logic in response to events or direct invocations from web or mobile apps over HTTP. • Events can be provided from Bluemix services like Cloudant and from external sources. • Developers can focus on writing application logic, and creating actions that are executed on demand. T AR Pool of actions Swift DockerJS Trigger 1 Running action Running action Running action 3 OpenWhisk Engine 2 A T AAA
- 15. 15 4/5/2017 Bluemix OpenWhisk Packages A shared collection of triggers and actionsP A A read write T changes A translate A forecast A post T topic Open Source A myAction T myFeed Yours T commit Third Party Mobile Push A sendMessag e
- 16. Creating a Swift Action – OpenWhisk Demo
- 17. 17 4/5/2017 Bluemix OpenWhisk – Push package • The /whisk.system/pushnotifications package enables you to work with a push service. • The /whisk.system/pushnotifications/sendMessage – Allows you to send all types of Push notifications. • Broadcast • Unicast • Platform based • userId based • The /whisk.system/pushnotifications/webhook – Allows you to subscribe for Push service events. • device registration • Device Un-registration • Tag subscription • Tag Un-subscription
- 18. 18 4/5/2017 OpenWhisk + Mobile use cases Retail Customer Feedback Scenario This is an example usage of OpenWhisk and Push Notifications with the help of Cloudant and Watson Tone Analyzer . In this scenario, a retailer is soliciting feedback on a recent purchase from the customers. Once the customer provides feedback, the feedback is analyzed using Watson Tone Analyzer service and a relevant message is delivered using the Push Notification Service. If the customer is disappointed as assessed by the tone, then the retailer may provide some discount/return proposal.
- 19. 19 4/5/2017 Retail Customer Feedback (Smart Follow-Up)
- 20. 20 4/5/2017 Analytics + Push + OpenWhisk In this sample we are using openWhisk to send the crash reports to the Admins/Developers of an app. This scenario uses the OpenWhisk , Push notifications, and Mobile Analytics service.
- 21. 21 4/5/2017 Analytics + Push + OpenWhisk Sending notification to the Admin EnduserApplicationApplicationProvider
- 22. 22 4/5/2017 Push + OpenWhisk Alert In this sample we are using openWhisk Alert Package to send Push notifications to the end user. Here we will use the Push notification service, OpenWhisk Push package and Alert package.
- 23. 23 4/5/2017 Push + OpenWhisk Alert Invoke the Push package sendMessage action EnduserApplication
- 24. Travel App – Mobile + Watson + OpenWhisk + Kitura • A traveller-friendly app showing the nearby restaurants(based on occasion), spas and casinos. • Sends a push notification if the user enters a new location. • Showcasing • Push Notifications • Mobile Foundation • Mobile Analytics • Kitura talking to Google Places API • Watson Conversation • Watson Text to Speech & Speech to Text • OpenWhisk
- 25. 25 4/5/2017 Travel App – Mobile + Watson + OpenWhisk + Kitura
Editor's Notes
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