For today’s enterprise that is dependent on its mobile app to deliver funnel-filling, ROI-returning experiences, innocuous-sounding names like “Jellybean,” “Kit Kat” or “Lollipop” are the stuff of fear and loathing.
Indeed, every time Android releases one of its new, sweetly-named mobile OS, or Apple pushes its numerically-themed updates, it’s a signal to enterprises that they will again need to dive into their mobile platform -- and ensure it’s still functioning.
FullStack development – at least here at iTexico – is the way we help our clients future-proof their investment. When maintaining a competitive edge requires a hiccup-free approach to technology, FullStack is the path that allows for rapid development, constant iteration, maximum efficiency and much more.
For the uninitiated, a FullStack JS practice is one that uses the JavaScript language to create Enterprise-ready Mobile, Web, and API solutions. As stated by our close partner and CTO of Appcelerator: “JavaScript will become the default Enterprise programming language.”
In other words, JavaScript is the future, and that future is now.
JavaScript first found favor for traditional web platforms, and in fact continues to be the engine that fuels browsers, complex Web applications, server-side development, mobile development, and in the overall Internet of Things.
JavaScript developers can now access a robust ecosystem of open-source libraries, frameworks, and tools in their front-end UI development for mobile as well. At iTexico our FullStack JS arsenal is powered by AngularJS, Backbone.js, Meteor and React -- core frameworks upon which browser-based UIs are being written.
Let’s explore what we would consider the “best of the breed” frameworks further, in the context of their appropriate technologies:
As iTexico’s preferred framework, our developers have a deep expertise in utilizing AngularJS when developing web applications. AngularJS is the front end component of the MEAN stack, working together with Node.js runtime, Express.js backend framework and the MongoDB database.
React is intended to help developers build large applications which employ data that changes over time. Its goal is to be simple, declarative, and composable. React only handles the UI in an app, which means it only represents the view layer in the model-view-controller (MVC) software pattern. This allows it to be used in conjunction with other JavaScript libraries or larger JavaScript MVC frameworks.
It is important to reiterate that React is not a complete framework, and you cannot build a fully functional dynamic application in React alone. That said, React is a great tool for a team of developers, because it enforces the UI and workflow patterns, keeping the view layer consistent.
NodeJS is used by many Fortune 1000 companies, including Rakuten, PayPal,Microsoft, Yahoo!, Walmart, SAP, LinkedIn and many more.
LoopBack contains several add-on components for push notifications, file management, third-party login, and geolocation.
At iTexico, our FullStack JS Service offerings will help your business choose the right technologies for your Enterprise.
We offer workshops and Team mentoring for the following:
Abhijeet Pradhan is the Former CTO and Co-Founder of iTexico, a multi-platform mobile app and fullstack software design and development firm with over 100+ developers, which includes Extended Team as a Service (eTaaS). Abhijeet is passionate about technology and its applications to everyday consumer and business life.