From the author of The Pragmatic Engineer blog and The Tech Resume Inside Out
Building mobile applications at scale are just as challenging as architecting and operating distributed systems. I know - I've done both for years at Uber. There tends to be little understanding of these problems until coming across them - and even fewer resources to go about addressing them.
The missing guide for building large, iOS, and Android native apps -with the challenges and common solutions across the industry.
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Most organizations don't "get" the complexity with mobile. The book started my observation on how even "mobile-first" companies seem "backend-heavy" with their focus, with little appreciation or empathy for mobile complexity. Every mobile engineer or manager I've mentioned this to nodded, and I started writing down engineering challenges unique to native mobile engineering on large apps or large teams.
Most mobile engineers are unaware of key challenges at scale - before hitting them. I've been collecting various challenges specific to mobile for over a year - building on my 4 years experience at Uber, and 10 years of building native apps. I had a pretty complete list with 24 challenges. When I shared the draft with over 20 mobile experts, they pointed out several other areas that were common across large apps. If you are building native apps, you're more than likely to find new insights.
Buy vs build for common challenges? Mobile build systems, experimentation and feature flags, crash reporting, manual testing and several other problems you'll need to solve for regardless of your app size - what tools and solutions are commonly used in the industry? The book points to resources worth exploring.
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Mobile learnings from four years at Uber
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While the Building Mobile Apps at Scale PDF can be shared with a group, I encourage each reader to get their own copy.
Growing as Mobile Engineer: if you puchase an individual license, please respect the terms, and do not distribute for others. The book comes DRM-free to make your personal use easy.
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There will be both, following the launch of the book.
The book is tailored for software engineers and engineering managers building larger native iOS or Android apps. You might also find this book helpful if you work with teams like this.
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