webclient i+ mobile for ca plex
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Mobile Apps foriPad/iPhone & AndroidwithCA Plex + WebClient
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Introducing Mobile Templates
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CM First: Our Story• New corporate parent for WebClient i+• History
• Founded in 1998 as an Application Lifecycle Management software company
• Now - Full lifecycle solutions development and delivery, CA and IBM i/z
• Enterprise customers• Banking industry: Deka Bank, Olympia System, …• Government: Switzerland Ministry of Justice, Social Security
Adminstration, Texas A&M, State of Illinois …• Hapimag, Praktiker, North American Stainless, Columbus Stainless,
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Company Profile• Swiss Headquarters
• Focus on Quality and Reliability• International Presence
• Zug, Milan, Austin, Worldwide reseller partners• CA Primary Partner
• Euro Zone, North America• Quality Proven Products
• WebClient i+ (and PHP, Websydian)• Matchpoint ALM, MKS Connector• Soreco Xpert Ivy for BPM• Databorough X-Analysis• Worksoft Certify
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WebClientBrief Overview andFutures
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WebClientWeb generator from the model
Same Action Diagram, Panel Design
Same Plex function
= AJAX in 5 minutes or less
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• MDI (Multiple Document Interface)
• Additional components• FileOpen, Progress, Slider, …
• Mobile Templates• iPhone and Android
• Cloud Computing• Pre-defined on-demand instances
• Portlets
WebClient “Next Release” RoadmapMDI, Mobile, Cloud
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Mobile Apps
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CIO’s Checklist for 2011Source Gartner October 2010
“Companies should factor these top 10 technologies in their strategic planning process by asking key questions and making deliberate decisions about them during the
next two years,”
David Cearley, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner
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StatisticsThe world is going mobile
• 50 million iPhones sold to date• 200,000 Android devices sold
each day• 8.5 million iPads sold to date• 70 million tablets predicted by
the end of 2012• 2/3 of the Fortune 100 have
started deploying iPads for Enterprise use
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Apple• Buy some macs• Install the Apple SDK• Learn Objective C• Wrapper your existing
business logic• Learn how to create
iPhone/iPad UI’s• Hope to pass security audit• …
Android• Download the Android SDK• Learn java really well• Wrapper your existing
business logic• Learn how to create Android
UI’s• Hope to pass security audit• …
Creating enterprise mobile appsA “simple” 2 step process
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• Steep learning curve• Multiple code bases• Disconnected teams= higher cost and lower
productivity
What is the result?Perhaps not exactly what you expected
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A better way – Plex+WebClient with Sencha Touch
• Covers 93% of mobile traffic
• HTML 5, CSS3, ExtJS
• SaSS• Local Storage• Media/Geo
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WebMobile i+TemplateSolution
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Mobile i+ Templates
• New plug-in templates for smartphone• Based on Sencha Touch / ExtJS• Built in mobile device styling and themes• Limited learning curve
• Develop/Debug in standard client-server metaphor• Apply mobile specific styling in Panel Designer
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EclipsePlug-in
(Builder)
Mobile template library
Web Templates Mobile Templates
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Anatomy of a mobile screen
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GridsGrid Styles
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Messages
Messages
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Multiple Regions / Tabs
Carousel / icon tabs
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Advanced features
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What about hardware?
• Camera• Compass• Accelerometer• App Store
Native Wrapper App
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Cloud Computing InstancesDeploy pre-defined load balanced instances of CA Plex WebClient applications in Cloud environments
Other environments planned:Windows Azure, IBM, …
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WebMobile i+Demostration
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Mobile Apps foriPad/iPhone & AndroidwithCA Plex + WebClient
Demonstration
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Conclusion / Next Steps
• Free training in Chicago June 1, 2011 http://plex2e.com
• Specials for WebClient customers• Special pricing• Consulting help with beta
projects
