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Mobile DevOps Playbook

By : Moataz Nabil
Book Image

Mobile DevOps Playbook

By: Moataz Nabil

Overview of this book

To build mobile apps, you need to understand mobile-first features, tools, and processes that help you build, test, and release robust apps faster and more efficiently. The multitude of challenges stemming from mobile development's inherent complexities, including native iOS and Android app creation, cross-platform frameworks, and the implementation of scalable architectures within extensive teams, collectively contribute to a substantial number of obstacles that can significantly prolong the release process. This book will help you understand and implement the best practices of mobile DevOps for continuous integration, testing, delivery, deployment, and monitoring. You’ll explore different challenges faced by developers due to varied OSs, the unforgiving nature of mobile applications, and continuous updates to mobile phones and learn how to maneuver through these challenges. You’ll also get to grips with the latest trends while discovering the potential future of mobile DevOps, with valuable insights and guidance about integrating mobile development teams into your organization. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to successfully implement mobile DevOps and build fast, qualitative, and efficient mobile apps for your team or organization.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Mobile DevOps
5
Part 2: Implementing the Mobile DevOps Environment
9
Part 3: Monitoring, Optimizing, and Securing Mobile DevOps
13
Part 4: Moving Beyond Mobile DevOps and the Future of DevOps

Summary

In this chapter, we focused on the best practices of mobile DevOps to accelerate the development and release process of high-quality mobile applications. By combining the expertise of developers, test engineers, release experts, and other stakeholders, organizations can streamline the mobile app development process and deliver frequent updates to customers, thereby enhancing both speed and quality.

In this chapter, you gained essential skills in the best practices for CI/CD, mobile app versioning, IaC, configuration management, A/B testing, remote and dependency caching, parallel CI builds, fastlane automation, API mocking, and ChatOps collaboration. These skills will empower you to excel in mobile app development and streamline your processes effectively.

In the next chapter, we’ll discuss how platform engineering and developer experience (DevX) can increase productivity.