APICloud, China's first "cloud-in-one" mobile application cloud released

Let mobile embrace the cloud and make development easier

APICloud was officially released today. What does APICloud do? What is its function? Let me answer this question with an example.

I accidentally discovered that an international home appliance manufacturer is secretly developing an APP for smart water heaters. This APP includes the following functions

• Turn water heater equipment on and off.

• Display of water heater heating or insulation status.

• Display of the current temperature of the water heater (0-75 degrees).

• Water heater outlet temperature adjustment

• Medium temperature insulation: water temperature is maintained at 40 degrees.

• Dynamic night power: switch and adjust time periods during off-peak hours

• Scheduled bath: Heat to the set temperature before the scheduled time

• ECO SMART: memorizes 28 days of water usage habits

• Situational modes: domestic hot water, shower mode, bathtub mode

What is really surprising is that this app was developed by only one developer (web engineer) in a very short time, and two versions, iOS and Android, were developed. A team that is as lean as it can be and a super short development cycle, this is the surprise that APICloud brings you.

What do we need in the mobile era?

At a mobile phone brand's launch conference, the team redrawn nearly 2,300 APP icons. This is an era of APP explosion. Whether for smart hardware manufacturers, traditional software companies, or mobile entrepreneurs, APP is a huge gold mine. However, in addition to excitement and screams, the road to this gold mine is constrained. For mobile entrepreneurs, they want to give it a try, but the shortage of talent is an issue that cannot be ignored.

APICloud said: "Today, most of the talented people doing IOS and Android development are in Beijing. Those in Beijing are mostly in big companies, such as BAT and Sina, and some new companies that have received investment and financing. These companies have money and resources, which attract good talents and create a virtuous circle." However, for ordinary entrepreneurs, they do not have money and resources to develop, which leads to the creation of a vicious circle.

APICloud is committed to solving this vicious cycle. The above example tells us that it only takes one WEB engineer to develop an APP. Moreover, the original intention of APICloud's "Cloud API" planning is to allow developers to automatically generate various cloud service interfaces required by mobile applications with only a small amount of or even no server-side coding. "Cloud API" services include data services, push, cloud repair and big data analysis. APICloud's data service supports automatic generation of RESTful APIs, providing flexible data service support for APPs in mobile scenarios. At the same time, a large number of NoSQL applications provide sufficient support for APICloud's big data. APICloud's "Cloud API" has typical "cloud" characteristics and "big data" characteristics.

API Cloud also promises to provide developers with absolutely free development tools.

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Why do we develop APP?

As we all know, mobile traffic exceeds PC traffic. "In the era of mobile first, B/S architecture will move towards APP and become a trend. The founder of APICloud said that it used to be through browsers, but now everyone talks about terminals."

It is true that our mobile phones are one end, PADs are another end, and in the future, cars and glasses will all be one end. In the past, people used WEBAPP because they thought it was simple and easy to understand. However, now the data traffic of APP is 90% to 10% of the traffic of WEB. Now people are more accustomed to using APP.

APICloud believes: "It can be said that the BS architecture will be replaced by APP, but it cannot be said to be completely replaced. It can only be said that APP will be more valuable than BS architecture in the next era."

With the development of smart hardware and other smart terminals, it is expected that by 2020, the types of terminals will reach 10 times the current level, and the traffic generated will be 9 times the current level, and half of IT businesses will require cloud services. By then, one-quarter of businesses will embrace mobile and cloud.

In an era where mobile is king and most traditional industries are embracing the Internet, companies and entrepreneurs should focus on how to transfer people and businesses from the B/S architecture to APP.

How to change?

The "end API" provided by APICloud "modularizes" the functions required by a large number of mobile applications, and provides them to developers in a standardized manner with the help of APICloud's module mechanism. Through the JavaScript language, a set of code calls the modules of both iOS and Android platforms at the same time, thus realizing the "building blocks assembly" type of native application development; supporting multi-person collaborative development, one-click multi-terminal debugging and other services. At the same time, it supports developers to expand custom modules, making mobile application development more flexible and personalized.

summary

In the era of booming mobile Internet, everyone has dozens or even dozens of apps on their phone. We cannot and should not ignore the value of apps. Not only mobile Internet, but also smart hardware, smart home or wearable devices are undoubtedly mineral resources to be explored. Such smart devices connected or controlled by smart phones will make apps more valuable. However, simple and fast Internet methods will also become the trend of app development and the direction of developers' efforts.

APICloud's core positioning is to "accelerate mobile innovation and help developers and software companies quickly enter the era of mobile, cloud and big data." APICloud is committed to becoming China's leading cloud service provider in the mobile vertical field, helping millions of Chinese web developers transform into mobile APP experts!