Perspective on Mobile Development

The enterprise is adopting iOS

It's nearly impossible to follow trends in technology adoption without coming to this conclusion: the iPad has officially moved from a home use, consumer device to an enterprise-ready, business platform. Corporate adoption continues to outpace analyst estimates and their use in LOB applications continues to rise. The iPad’s share in the enterprise notebook market has increased from 7 percent in 2010 to 19 percent in 2011, and from 4 percent to 11 percent in the total PC market. And, analysts estimate that Apple’s shares in both markets will increase to 33 percent and 20 percent, respectively, by 2013. This shift puts more pressure than ever on .NET developers to consider how to port their web-based applications to the iPad and which tools they will leverage to help them with this transition to a multi-channel computing world.

Bulding Applications for Mobile Platforms

DevExpress mobile solutions allow you to:

Target multiple devices from the same codebase. A rich collection of HTML JavaScript widgets that look and behave like native controls on iPhone, iPad and Android.
Deliver elegant solutions quickly. Java Script application templates and integrated wizards can create a basic view-and-edit app and its server directly from your database.
Leverage existing knowledge. Visual Studio designer so you can focus on business requirements from day one.
Extend productivity with a connection point in the cloud. Avoid firewalls and VPNs with DXProxy: Your phone or device can connect directly to your app running within Visual Studio by simply scanning a QR Code.
Exploit PhoneGap. Deliver a native package using precompiled PhoneGap container – for both iOS and Android.

Bridging to iOS

To take advantage of iOS, the most efficient path for Visual Studio developers is to use existing tools and expertise without learning the XCode Integrated Development Environment and the Objective C language. Many of the perceived challenges with building non-native iOS applications stem from the mistaken notion that all non-native solutions simply cannot provide the same level of functionality as those found in native XCode apps. Using existing libraries including Apache Cordova (PhoneGap), most mobile device functionality including access to sensors like the accelerometer (used when the device is moved from vertical to horizontal mode) are available.

As developers take on the challenge of targeting new platforms by using powerful non-native development options, speed of adoption will be gated if they do not choose a toolset that is optimized for their existing Visual Studio skillset and one that is envisioned from a developer-centric company committed to the platform for today and tomorrow.

Building for Multi-Channel Experiences

Visual Studio developers throughout the world face the same challenges you do: how to expose business apps and address business needs across the breadth of available devices yet remain focused on business requirements vs SDKs and platform variances. Thankfully, modern browsers and tools like PhoneGap expose ways to use the JavaScript language for next-generation platforms, while retaining the native appearance and expected user experience on iOS and Android.

DevExpress multi-channel development tools were engineered with the needs of Visual Studio developers in mind – built to leverage existing Visual Studio knowledge and expertise to create solutions that effectively address market demands. Whether it's the integrated Visual Studio templates and wizards that ship as part of DXTREME, the single codebase necessary to target multiple devices, or the productivity benefits of DevExpress Proxy services, DXTREME's mobile development framework and HTML JS Widgets are the fastest way to bring your enterprise applications to new form factors like the iPhone, iPad and Android.

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