LiveontheEdgeofInnova0onwithIBMBluemixNiklasHeidloff,IBMDeveloperAdvocateforIBMBluemix@nheidloffheidloff.net

IBMBluemix•  The Digital Innovation Platform • Cloud Foundry, Docker, OpenWhisk • More than 100 services •  Public, dedicated and local • Hybrid applications and cognitive services

•  Focus today: How to build Line of Business applications

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Collabora0veLineofBusinessApplica0ons•  LoB requirements often lead to the development of new

applications since standard software is not sufficient • Collaborative applications allow employees to work

together synergistically to get their jobs done • Collaborative LoB applications often require the protection

of intellectual property based on roles of employees

•  Sample scenarios: Approval workflows, teamrooms, travel expenses

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RequirementsofLoBApplica0ons• Rapid application development

•  Toenableci0zendeveloperstobuildLoBapplica0ons•  Toenableinnova0on

•  Focus on business needs rather than infrastructure •  Leveragecloudapplica0onplaLorms•  U0lizeDevOps

• Cost efficient hosting

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RequirementsofLoBApplica0ons•  Access to applications via web and mobile user

experiences •  Integration of existing data, documents and files •  Integration of existing directories and user profiles • Usage of modern and popular technologies to leverage

communities, libraries and tools • Usage of standard and most common development skills

•  Scrip0ngiseasierthanlanguageslikeCandJava•  Preferenceistouseonelanguageforeverything

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TheCLEANStack

Cloudant Loopback Express

AngularJS Ionic, Cordova

Node.js

JavaScript everywhere Bluemix

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SampleScenario:ApprovalRequests

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Demo:UserInterfacesandAPIs

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BusinessObjectsandRESTAPIs• Declarative definitions of business objects

•  Automatic generation of REST APIs •  IncludingAPIdocumenta0on

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Loopback

Swagger

Cloudant

Demo:Crea0onofBusinessObjects

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Customiza0onofthegeneratedAPIs•  Scenarios

•  Addaddi0onalAPIs•  Hidemethodsandendpoints•  Execu0onhooksforCRUDopera0ons

•  Turn off auto generation for models

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Loopback

Node

Customiza0onofthegeneratedAPIs

Authen0ca0onagainstBluemix•  Single Sign On service on Bluemix allows

authentication with on-premises directories via SAML

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Loopback

Bluemix

Authoriza0on•  Authorization via roles

•  Application level authorization is done declaratively

•  Business object level authorization is done programmatically

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Loopback

Node

Authoriza0on

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Demo:Authoriza0on

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Deployment•  Bluemix compute technologies

•  CloudFoundry•  Docker

• Deployment options •  DeploybuVon•  CLIs•  GitpushandDevOps

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Bluemix

Docker

Cloud Foundry

DevelopmentEnvironment•  Local environment

•  Node.js,texteditor,inspector•  LocalpropertyfilewithBluemixcreden0als•  Inmemorydatabase

• DevOps web editor

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Node

WebClient•  LoopBack generates JavaScript libraries

to access the services from AngularJS controllers

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AngularJS

LoopBack

MobileClients•  Via Cordova mobile hybrid apps can be

generated for iOS and Android

•  LoopBack generates JavaScript libraries to access the services from AngularJS controllers

•  The controllers are the same ones as used for the web client

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Ionic

Cordova

AngularJS

Tryit!

•  https://github.com/ibm-bluemix/collaboration

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