Pragmatic Engineer B.V Building Mobile Apps at Scale: 39 Engineering Challenges
Description
While there is a lot of appreciation for backend and distributed systems challenges, there tends to be less empathy for why mobile development is hard when done at scale. This book collects challenges engineers face when building
Specifications
| Dimensions | 15.24 x 1.37 x 22.86 cm |
| Edition | Standard Edition |
| Isbn 10 | 1638778868 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-1638778868 |
| Item Weight | 1.05 Kilograms |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 238 pages |
| Publication Date | 7 April 2021 |
| Publisher | Pragmatic Engineer B.V |
Reviews
User
If you are into mobile space, you must read it!
This isn't just for mobile engineers, but for everyone involved into mobile development.In 39 short chapters, the author gives an idea to everyone on the challenges for mobile development.
User
Must read for every mobile developer
Sadly this book wasn't avaiable back when I started my mobile career. Every mobile developer should have this book on his shelf.
User
A bit shallow
Easy and smooth reading. Even though I am an experienced software developer, I am new on developing mobile apps and this book has open my mind for a couple of challenges I will need to deal with in the future. I find the content a bit shallow, but enough to exercise my curiosity in going deeper and knowing a bit more about some third-party apps that the author mentions through the chapters. So, if you are looking for a book that goes deep into each of the 39 challenges, this book is not for you.
User
Great for people who are not into the Mobile world
As someone who has been doing enterprise iOS development for over 6 years, the information in this book is a great summary of all the challenges that Mobile developers face. If you are in the space already, you may not learn too much from this book-- instead it will be a great review, and a reminder that the problems that you face are truly universally challenging.However, i think this book is EXCELLENT for engineers who are not into the Mobile world. Most people not in this space have ABSOLUTELY NO idea what goes on in mobile and think its just a "simple" dumb front-end. That is far from the truth and this book explains exactly why in such a great manner.So, if you are an engineering leader at any engineering focused org, this book is for you! This will really help you understand the challenges with mobile and help you make better decisions and planning.
User
A good overview of the challenges of mobile development
The book's advantage is its brevity in getting to the point, which software developers will appreciate. It gives a good, broad overview of the particular challenges specific to mobile development.It does however not quite get 5-stars, as some of the recommendations of technologies that the author makes are written in a "blurb" style, which comes across as an ad-read. This is very jarring and these ad-read like blurbs come across as undermining the objectivity of the author, which is a shame.
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