BOLT - Rapid development Mobility framework

INTRODUCTION:

The current decade has seen a massive shift in the direction of mobile applications driving businesses towards the most phenomenal transformation initiatives ever. There are many factors that cause people to love the concept of mobility. Mobile devices are no more an on-the-go means of communication but a gateway to the realm of redefining businesses. Today most of us use mobile phones to browse the web, buy things online, track their health vitals and connect with doctors on the fly. In short, Mobile is being used for each and every activity.

Also, the rapid proliferation of mobile internet use is increasingly transforming relationships and transactions in all sector of the global economy. And hence mobility is not anymore an optional feature that businesses could afford to consider implementing - but rather a must have. Social, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC) is the mantra that moves the IT World and are the four pillars of Next Generation Apps.

NEED OF FRAMEWORKS:

Product companies now understand the importance of mobile applications in their business strategies. While most organizations are recognizing the need to build their mobile apps, many are uncertain about where to start. While developing mobile applications, developers encounter many repetitive features such as Facebook connectivity, use of Maps (Google, Apple or Bing), location based search etc.

In order for developers to efficiently develop mobile applications that exploit these common features, and to bring predictability and efficiency in the delivery, there has always been a need to have a framework or a blue print. 

Keeping this factors in consideration, Nitor has come up with a framework for rapid development – BOLT. These have been identified through our real world experience of developing several smartphone applications. BOLT contains a set of enablers, that not only expedite the process of development but also helps you validate your idea in no time. 

BOLT - THE MOBILITY FRAMEWORK:

BOLT framework is a set of enablers that help you make correct decisions at right time and also speed up application development. It has been the by-product of our Conceptualisation and Engineering Services with keeping in mind the following factors:

1. Customer journey
2. Our depth and breadth in various mobile platforms.

 "The BOLT is built on the premise that irrespective of the business functionality that you plan to develop, there will be a set of common building blocks upon which the application will be based. The building blocks provide a set of features that we have seen common across various applications which we develop."

This framework is created using the experience of 100+ mobile products delivered by Nitor, which enables customer to pick and choose development platform: iOS, Android or Windows. It has been designed and packaged in a way that various stake holders can reap benefits out of it.

Consulting enablers: These are the best practices and engineering expertise packaged to help developers and product companies choose the right platform, methodology, improvements and innovations. This way companies can decide their product roadmap in quick turnaround time without being worried about the technical feasibilities and concentrate solely on business functionalities. This also helps product companies do a comparative analysis of all mobile platforms guiding customers, to take decisions based on both business and technical requirements.

Functionality and Consumer engagement enablers: This enabler helps in developing features involved in direct customer interactions. It consists of pluggable & configurable UI elements. It helps to generate native screens for data entry forms, database handling, option handling. It also consists of start-up kits which contain readily available solution structure to start the development on Angular 2 or ReactJS.

Responsiveness enabler: User experience is a key element in mobile products. Applications need to run seamlessly, no matter how the internet connectivity is. This enabler fulfils the same purpose. It helps improve mobile responsiveness through online-offline mode. It consists of libraries to enable offline support having options to switch modes.

External world touch up & security: In this era of IOT, most of the mobile apps interact with third party systems. However, integrating with these systems can be really cumbersome, considering the factors like what protocol to follow, security, etc. This framework helps you connect with external services in secured manner be it barcode scanner, RFID or anything. It has ready integration components which allow you to integrate with systems without any fuss.

Cognitive enablers: Voice and Chat Bots are the next big thing in the mobile revolution. It has become must for every application to have feature that can talk or interact with you. However there are very few who could implement that correctly; this enabler helps you be part of those few. You can add voice and chat support to your application using this feature.

Distribution enablers: Enterprise Mobility requires features like distributing apps, granting permissions to devices and apps, crash and navigation analytics, etc. All of these is achieved by MAM/MDM. There are many MAM/MDM frameworks available and these enabler helps you choose the best suited for your requirement and also helps you implement the same with ease.

Jump start kit: It consists of code templates (Native and Hybrid) and libraries for 'develop once and deploy on multiple device' that will help you start building apps right away with all horizontal/cross cutting concerns like exception handling, logging, security, etc.

CONCLUSION:

The app developed using BOLT framework offers default support for all major mobile operating systems including iOS, Android and can be deployed with very little incremental effort. Listed below are the achieved benefits using the BOLT framework.

• Reduced go to market time
• Increase reliability and quality
• Optimization for superior efficiency
• Incorporate best practices
• Industry standard UI design patterns
• Implement recognized business processes and stop reinventing the wheel

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