![]() Alpha AnywhereĪlpha Anywhere is a database-oriented rapid development tool that allows developers and designers to create Web and hybrid mobile apps that work offline. With that in mind, I’ll try to emphasize what sort of developers and designers are most likely to enjoy and be productive with each app builder. In short, the scope and complexity of these seven products vary widely, and no single product is ideal for everyone. They may be priced anywhere from $99 per developer to “low six figures per company per year.” In most cases, I’ve found the prices to be appropriate and the value to be good for the right audience, but a student can’t benefit from an enterprise-level app builder and MBaaS any more than an enterprise developer could get by with a simple app builder with no integration capabilities. If they target native or hybrid apps, they might have their own online app building services, integrate with PhoneGap Build, or rely on you to build apps with the native SDKs on your development box. If they support HTML5 apps, they might or might not support your favorite JavaScript framework. In between those extremes, they may supply a framework that does part of the work, but leave out the rest and expect you to fill it in with code and forms. They might reduce the work required to support offline mobile operation with offline/online data synchronization and conflict resolution to checking a few boxes on a form, like Alpha Anywhere, or hand you a box of parts and an assembly diagram with pictures and instructions in Swedish - sorry, that’s Ikea, but you know what I mean. If they can, they may require the developer to write a RESTful interface, or they may take care of the connection themselves. They may or may not be able to consume and modify data from systems of record. They may be tied to an MBaaS (mobile back end as a service) platform or not. ![]() ![]() For instance, AnyPresence makes it easy to secure your app with Apperian. They may integrate with one or more mobile security products. They can target mobile Web, mobile hybrid, or native apps for Android, iOS, and occasionally some of the less popular mobile device platforms, such as Windows Phone. ![]()
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