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Enhancing Applications with Social Networking: A Practical Guide by Paul Foster

Join Paul Foster, President and CEO of Pick Up and Play, for an open forum on integrating social networking components into applications. Discover the benefits of mobile platforms and learn about server/client interactions, application components, and data management techniques. With practical examples from TAT Poker and MySpace, you’ll gain insights into the advantages and disadvantages of various technologies. Whether you're looking to increase sales, enhance user engagement, or innovate your app's capabilities, this session provides invaluable tips and tricks for developers.

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Enhancing Applications with Social Networking: A Practical Guide by Paul Foster

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  1. Introduction • Paul Foster • President CEO – Pick Up And Play • pfoster@pickupandplay.com • Focus of information • Vote on level of technical jargon • Open forum ask questions right away • Practical Examples

  2. Topics • Why add social networking? • Social Application Components • Application components • Server components • Client components • Device/OS Specific capabilities • Examples • TAT Poker • Prize Play • MySpace • iTorque • Tips, Tricks and suggestions

  3. Why Add Social Networking? • What are your goals? • Increase sales • Capture user data • Start a community • It’s just cool • Advantages of a phone vs PC • Always with the user • LBS and GPS information • Direct connection to your user • Contact lists built in • Dis-Advantages of a phone vs PC • Smaller screen • User input • Connection issues • Development issues

  4. Application Components • What are your App’s pieces? • The more interaction the higher level of complexity of server/client code and error checking.

  5. Server Components(first get a social networking server) • Database • Why use MySQL – Tip 1 • PHP, ASP, Sockets • What type of application are you planning? • http, https, ssl • What type of data? Sensitive or Not? • XML, SOAP, Text, Binary Wads • What does the client support?

  6. Client Components • Connection type • http(s) • Sockets – Tip 2 • TCP/IP • UDP • Data parsing • Xml – Tip 3 • Data Display • 1:1 Mapping – Tip 4 • MVC – (Data View Controller) • Images, text, movies, sound • Player location, scores, names, actions • Views within Views • Local state vs network state

  7. Client Components cont. • Data Input • User feedback • Creating/Receiving packets • All the data is the same parse it that way – Tip 5 • Error handling/debugging • Big piece of the puzzle • More time spent here than thought

  8. Server/Client Key Components DATA • API/SDK’s • Data Formats • Error handling • Security • Connection maintenance

  9. Built in OS Components • J2me • javax.microedition.io.Connector • Brew • INetMgr • ISocket • IWeb • Android Java • java.net.Socket • javax.xml.parsers • MySql Lite • Bonjour • iPhone Objective C • NSURL • NSURLRequest • NSURLConnection • MySql Lite • Bonjour

  10. Examples • TAT Poker • PHP High Score • Unique Login • Runs on j2me, Brew, iPhone • Prize Play • Turn based competition for prizes • Runs on Brew • Uses phone unique info • MySpace • Complete social app • Runs on iPhone and Android • Takes advantage of hi end phones • iTorque • Real time multiplayer app • Real time • Chat

  11. Tips, Tricks and Suggestions • Tip 1 - MySQL • Common backend for PHP or ASP • Open source • MySQL lite available on iPhone and Android • Tip 2 - Sockets • All platforms support sockets • HTTP can go over sockets • Sockets can be used for most advanced transport • Sockets keep alive • Tip 3 - XML • Human readable • SOAP • Tools • Automatic parsers available (tinyXML others)

  12. Tips, Tricks and Suggestions • Tip 4 - Let the server do the work • Server already knows what device you are talking to • let it format the data for you • Processing is there • Less network traffic • Less local/debugging • Tip 5 - Abstract Classes • Connect • GetData • PutData • ParseData • CreateData • Bonus Tip - Always program like all network calls are asynchronous • Multi-threaded nature of networking

  13. Questions? • Open forum for questions.

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