Tony is a Geek

Fancy having a quick run through of setting up IBM MobileFirst Platform Server Foundation v8 and having a working app as a starter for ten?  Then look no further. Here's a Slides.com presentation of how I made this work for me:

I've been meaning to upload this for a while now.  Today, I'll finally get around to it, mainly for my own reference, but also to possibly help other people out. The scenario: 1) You are asked to make a demo application... 2) ...in as short a time as possible... 3) ...in a pressured environment... 4) ...did I mention "they" want it all finished 2hours before you even started You get the picture.  Nowadays, just because we have Design thinking and wonderful ways of quizzing a business user on how they feel and what they want a Mobile application to do and using all the Agile techniques you can throw at a buzzword bingo board, it still comes down to the basic element.  A coder, then has to code something and writing code takes time. I totally agree that making a prototype / mockup / wireframe app can be simple / easy / quick, but making a "real" application is not so, as there is so much more that you have to construct. Now, in previous coder w...

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Whilst building my ACE! app - I needed to be able to upload images for the events / presentations / speakers and attendees. I thought, hey, that's simple, we've been doing this on normal web-servers for decades, I'll just write a server-side php page (a couple of lines of code) that saves the posted files to a folder and then I'll know the URL to reference them.  Sorted! I should have it all finished before the kettle has finished boiling for my cup of tea. Then I pondered for a bit.  How does this now work in the PaaS world (Clouds like IBM Bluemix, Google AppEngine, Amazon, that Microsoft one, etc...).  Ah, not such a simple solution now.  But a challenge.  Whilst drinking my cup of tea, I then set about making this work on IBM Bluemix. Here's a Slides.com presentation of how I made this work for me:

From an application architectural perspective, I believe I am close to the goal I set out to achieve with the SWAMI application, as documented on the v2.0 to do list , there are still many things to add. I took some screenshots of the new app workflow, which you can see in these pages. I also uploaded the updated v1.1 Worklight v6.2 project file so you can import it and see the difference.  (I've also done a bit of house-cleaning). any questions.......well, you know what to do  :-)

Build highly interactive, data-driven, and modular web applications with the combined strengths of  Famo.us  and  AngularJS.   Check it out - click the image below:

It's time to get to know socket.io too..... should keep me busy for a week or so.

I spent a little bit of time, okay, probably more time that I should have done... making a sample application that would teach me how to use IBM Worklight v6.2, AngularJS, NodeJS, ExpressJS and MongoDB . After enjoying the ride, I thought, hey, I can't be the only one... there are probably other people that would benefit from knowing how this stuff connects together, so I documented the sample in a series of pages and screenshots. As I say, I have a list of v2.0 changes as long as my arm, but I decided to stop now, do a write up and then move onto v2.0 afterwards.   I hope this helps out anyone else wanting to create a Worklight v6.2 mobile app that uses AngularJS and JSONStore and the Worklight Adapters to retrieve and post data. GET STARTED with the ARTICLE here Download the Project Source code here Download the MongoDB source here (just import using RockMongo) v1.1 is now available - checkout the improvements in this post (new UI framework used: Ionic)

I upgraded to Firefox 31 today and I noticed a new feature (it may have been there a while? but it's the first I noticed it). Check it out: Firefox responsive design

Steps to make a Mobile Inspection "offline" application using IBM Worklight that will run on Android devices, iOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone and Firefox OS (potentially!)

MEAN app v1 The start of the journey of making a MEAN app and then evolving it to be mobile and offline (mobile and offline, what have I done? gone back 10+years to AvantGo days?!)

Setting up for a simple AngularJS web app

How to make a raw Cordova mobile web app using AngularJS