EASILY EXPOSINGLEGACY SYSTEMS TOYOUR MOBILE APPS

Philip Hayes & Josh WaldmanMobile Practice Team30th June 2016

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PRESENTERS

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Josh Waldman

Mobile Practice Team Lead

Philip Hayes

Mobile Practice Architect

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AGENDA

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Start with Discovery

What are Legacy Systems?

Integration considerations

Scaleability, Security, and Control

Best Practices

Case Study: SOAP XML integration

Open discussion

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START WITH DISCOVERY Identifying legacy systems and how we connect is just one part of a full discoverysession

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Identify businessdrivers, use cases, and

challenges

Identify potentialtechnologies and

solutions

Create an action planto address

opportunities

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WHAT ARE LEGACYSYSTEMS?YO U F I R S T !

Who can give us an example of a legacy system they have?

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WHAT ARE LEGACYSYSTEMS?

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Any system not designed to interact with mobile

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INTEGRATION CONSIDERATIONS

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INTEGRATIONCONSIDERATIONS

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Service 1

Service 2

Service 3

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INTEGRATIONCONSIDERATIONS

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Service 1

Service 2

Service 3

Who can tell us an issue with this setup?

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INTEGRATIONCONSIDERATIONS

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Service 1

Service 2

Service 3

Mobile

Middleware

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TYPICAL ARCHITECTURE

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MBaaS

Services

Cloud

Application

Cloud

Application

App 1

App 2

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Auth

Services

RESTful APIRESTful API

RESTful APIRESTful API

SCALABILITY, SECURITYAND CONTROL

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SCALABILITY, SECURITY,AND CONTROL

Solution must scale without overloading legacy systemNode.js, caching

Access to exposed endpoints must be securePlatform level security

Access to endpoints must be controlled (BYOD)Device / user level security

Deployment processesDEVOPs best practices

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BEST PRACTICES

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BEST PRACTICESTesting (unit & end to end)CI / CD integrationOffline SyncLoad testingHealth monitoringMessage queuesMalformed data handlingOffline accessStand-alone solution vs re-usable servicesKeep it simple (CRUD interface)Intelligent cachingTroubleshooting tools

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C A S E S T U DY: S OA P X M L I N T E G R AT I O N

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SOAP XML INTEGRATION

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Cloud

Application

MBaaS

Service

App

Auth

Services

RESTful APIRESTful API

Soap Server

SOAP xml

Cache

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HANDS ON DEMO

Node.js SOAP interfaceCaching MBaaS ServiceCloud app consuming MBaaS ServiceSecurity and controlData source for forms integration

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OPEN DISCUSSION

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SOURCE CODE

https://github.com/feedhenry-staff/soap-demo

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LEARN. NETWORK.EXPERIENCE OPEN SOURCE.

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