Slides from my FOWA London talk, "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