ca plex on apple mac, ios, android
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Who is CM First?
Enterprise Software Development Integrator• Offices in Switzerland, USA, Italy, India• Network of worldwide resale partners (Americas,
EMEA, APJ, ANZ)
CA Primary Sales and Technology Partner• CA 2E, CA Plex, CA Repository• Footprint covers 20% of Installed Base
App Dev Products• CM Matchpoint ALM Suite• CM WebClient i+• CM Power (PHP) Suite• CM M3 (CA 2E Migration / Modernization)• SD Source Scanners for CA Repository
Third-party Solutions• Databorough, Desynit, Soreco, Worksoft, Websydian
Overview
• Why use the Mac?
• Plex on the Mac
• Mobile Apps with Plex/WebClient
• Devices – Xcode, Android SDK,
Adobe/Apache Phonegap
• Device Hardware - Camera
Ajax in Greek mythology
• Why use the Mac?• All the really cool and hip developers have
gone there• Opportunity to re-accessorize• Learn all new keyboard shortcuts such as
the cloverleaf• Just love a challenge
• Or - Apple Forces This• iOS license agreement
• Why not?
Why Use the Mac with CA Plex?
Development Architecture
Mac
Fusion VM
Mac Folder
Mac DB(MySQL)
• Install VMWare Fusion for Mac• Or Parallels• Migrate your PC, or set up anew
(recommended)• Install VMWare Tools
• Set up your CA Plex environment on the VM• Generate to a shared folder on the host mac• Start generating Java
• Create a shortcut to Plex using Fusion view (optional)
Step 1
• Install Eclipse on both PC and Mac• Eclipse Indigo works well• Need separate versions / installs
• Establish Separate Workspaces• Set up linked folders to single Plex Gen• Or use Subversion/Matchpoint to share
projects between WorkSpaces• Refer to WebClient documentation
(purchase not required)
• You are done!
Step 2
• Move to a Mac database• MySQL, Derby
• Wrap your Java app as Mac App• Warning – technical
• Start working on Angry Nerds• Stay tuned for Part II
Optional
Statistics – May 2011The world is going mobile
• 50 million iPhones sold to date
• 200,000 Android devices sold each day
• 8.5 million iPads sold to date• 70 million tablets predicted
by the end of 2012• 2/3 of the Fortune 100 have
started deploying iPads for Enterprise use – now 95%
AJAX / JavaScript / HTML5 is Big…and getting bigger
Ajax mountain
“Ajax remains the dominant RIA of choice, and HTML5 is poised to expand the power and flexibility of the browser only approach”
Gartner Group
CA Plex+WebClient with Sencha Touch / PhoneGap
• Covers 93%+ of mobile traffic
• HTML 5, CSS3, ExtJS
• SaSS• Local Storage• Media/Geo• Camera• More…
1.8 Mobile iPhone/iPad/Android/BB6
Native App - Android Markethttp://market.android.com
Web App with Native Optimizationmobileportal.cmfirsttech.com/Plex2EWeb/wcs
HTML5, CSS3Sencha Touch
“Gartner COOL Vendor 2011”
MapAttach a map template to fields• MapCoords:FullscreenArea:template=WebMap• MapLocation:FullscreenArea:template=WebLocation
What about hardware?
• Camera• Compass• Accelerometer• App Store
Apache PhoneGap (Adobe)
• Generate your App as WebClient Mobile• See Google Code Project – open
source to WebClient customers
• Test with WebKit browser emulator• Chrome or Safari• Ripple (warning, not exact)
Step 1
• Get your Apple developer id• Warning – Allow time
• Install XCode• Available on the Apple App Store – no
charge
• Download / Install Apache PhoneGap (Adobe)• All device projects in single archive
• Install PhoneGap per site tutorial for Xcode
Step 2
• Create an Xcode / PhoneGap Project
• Modify the Index HTML to point to your application URL
• Sign code (via Apple ID)• Test on iOS Simulators• You are ready to go!
Step 3
• Install Google SDK• Install PhoneGap for Android• Follow the same steps as iOS
Step 4 – Android and Beyond
Camera
• Used for• Snapshots• Imaging signed documents• Recording accidents• Bar codes• Augmented reality