In
the world of the World Wide Web, developers—or even “power users” who
aren’t heavy-duty developers—can create amazing things using HTML, a
pinch of Python or PHP, and a dash of CSS.
In the mobile world, though, you have to know what you’re doing with JavaScript. “It’s getting to be a little much for people who also have to think about table design and data schema. People using Access, for instance, have had nowhere to go. The Web world is not well-provided for them, and the mobile world REALLY isn’t.”
Those are the thoughts of Dan Bricklin, the CTO at Alpha Software, which in June rolled out its Alpha Anywhere development platform. Bricklin knows what he’s talking about. He’s created an app called Note Taker HD for iOS: “I still support my app and watch nervously about iOS7 to see if I have to re-release it or not. There have been glitches but Apple seems to fix them.” He cofounded the company that created VisiCalc, the first computer spreadsheet program that helped Apple move from a hobby computer to something businesses could use. His latest spreadsheet, SocialCalc, is used in the “One Laptop Per Child” education program.
As the world has seen, tablets are taking over in business, and are important for data capture. So, Bricklin said, “I wanted to move into that area with an enterprise app. Connecting SQL back ends and port generation to work with data capture. I joined Alpha because they’re doing that, and they wanted to move into mobile arena and needed my expertise.”
There is a growing disconnect, now, between what businesses want and the people they employ. Bricklin put it this way: “Many opportunities exist for people who want to code a lot. But that’s not what businesses have. You have to run with the people you’ve got. They can whip up incredible things with Excel macros, and with the systems that they’re used to building with, like Access. Aiming at Access developers today who want to produce mobile apps and Web apps that have real things like, you tap on something and things slide in and slide out. Those are things you expect.”
Read full original article here - http://www.sdtimes.com/INDUSTRY_WATCH_FOR_MOBILE_APP_DEVELOPMENT_DON_T_FORGET_THE_BACK_END/By_David_Rubinstein/About_HTML_and_JAVASCRIPT_and_MOBILEDEVELOPMENT/64107
In the mobile world, though, you have to know what you’re doing with JavaScript. “It’s getting to be a little much for people who also have to think about table design and data schema. People using Access, for instance, have had nowhere to go. The Web world is not well-provided for them, and the mobile world REALLY isn’t.”
Those are the thoughts of Dan Bricklin, the CTO at Alpha Software, which in June rolled out its Alpha Anywhere development platform. Bricklin knows what he’s talking about. He’s created an app called Note Taker HD for iOS: “I still support my app and watch nervously about iOS7 to see if I have to re-release it or not. There have been glitches but Apple seems to fix them.” He cofounded the company that created VisiCalc, the first computer spreadsheet program that helped Apple move from a hobby computer to something businesses could use. His latest spreadsheet, SocialCalc, is used in the “One Laptop Per Child” education program.
As the world has seen, tablets are taking over in business, and are important for data capture. So, Bricklin said, “I wanted to move into that area with an enterprise app. Connecting SQL back ends and port generation to work with data capture. I joined Alpha because they’re doing that, and they wanted to move into mobile arena and needed my expertise.”
There is a growing disconnect, now, between what businesses want and the people they employ. Bricklin put it this way: “Many opportunities exist for people who want to code a lot. But that’s not what businesses have. You have to run with the people you’ve got. They can whip up incredible things with Excel macros, and with the systems that they’re used to building with, like Access. Aiming at Access developers today who want to produce mobile apps and Web apps that have real things like, you tap on something and things slide in and slide out. Those are things you expect.”
Read full original article here - http://www.sdtimes.com/INDUSTRY_WATCH_FOR_MOBILE_APP_DEVELOPMENT_DON_T_FORGET_THE_BACK_END/By_David_Rubinstein/About_HTML_and_JAVASCRIPT_and_MOBILEDEVELOPMENT/64107
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