OverviewIn this tutorial we are learning what is a Content Delivery Network (CDN), what are the benefits, and how to instrument your Express JS application to indicate the CDN to cache the responses....more
[UPDATE Feb. 24, 2016]Cordova has updated their announcement regarding CVE-2015-5256. Follow the link for more information: http://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2015/11/20/security.html....more
Note: This article was written for MobileFirst Foundation 7.1. For a similar topic on 8.0 see Protecting IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation application traffic using IBM DataPower...more
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At Interconnect this year, the IBM Cloud team and developerWorks are launching a new entry point into our cloud platform....more
Note: This blog post refers to connecting a on-prem database as the admin and run time DB for the MobileFirst server running on IBM Containers. For instructions on connecting to on-prem backends from your adapters for MobileFirst server running on Liberty buildpacks and Mobile Foundation Bluemix service (which also runs on Liberty buildpack), pl refer to this blog post...more
OverviewThe technical conference is a great place to network, learn, and hopefully have some fun....more
Late last year, Microsoft released two mobiles - the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL phones that came pre-loaded with Windows 10 Mobile. These mobiles came with Windows 10 Build 10.0.10586....more
[UPDATE Sept. 28, 2016] Update to a later iFix to avoid both OpenSSL and Cordova vulnerabilities...more
OverviewSending custom data from your MobileFirst 7.1 apps to the Operational Analytics Server can be accomplished by using the log methods from the WLAnalytics and WL.Analytics objects in hybrid and native Android and iOS environments. However, sending custom data from MobileFirst Adapters, JavaScript or Java, is not supported. Hence, I decided to write some code to send custom data from any java application....more
MobileFirst Platform Foundation for IBM Bluemix Container - Starter...more
A new year is a great time for a fresh start and improvement. IBM® Mobile Quality Assurance for Bluemix® has made some changes, including a new look and an improved user interface. The update for February 2016 includes the following changes:...more
What’s new in MobileFirst platform v7.1?The MobileFirst platform v7.1 can now be deployed and run on IBM Bluemix....more
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IntroductionQuestion: What makes you happy, in the current and future world? IoT, PaaS or Mobile?...more
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IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation (rel. 7.1 – hereafter referred to as MFPF), is now available on Bluemix. The main components of the platform – the server and the analytics can be run as containers on the IBM Bluemix Container Service. This blog discusses a step-by-step approach for building and deploying the server and analytics containers using the IBM Bluemix DevOps Services....more
I’ve blogged before about the client-side API for hybrid mobile apps built on IBM MobileFirst. One of the things I’ve discovered recently is the library of DefinitlyTyped definition files for TypeScript developers. These files provide intellisense for a huge set of various frameworks and client-side code written in TypeScript. Turns out though that you can also use them in regular old JavaScript files too. My editor of choice (Visual Studio Code) has [great support](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/javascript for this. You can simply get the file, drop it into your project, and go to town....more
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This month IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation released two new features in an iFix for Operational Analytics, accessibility, and application crash analytics....more
##OverviewThe purpose of this page is to describe how to run performance tests on the different features of the MFP Server. In this post, an Apache JMeter performance test is used and Java classes are compiled especially for JMeter....more
As of November 25, 2015, this blog post acknowledges that IBM is aware that Cordova announced two CVEs for vulnerabilities on the Android platform. This post will focus on CVE-2015-5257. The other CVE is still being worked on....more
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Isn’t it frustrating that even with a big screen Android phone, you cannot read a Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) push notification send from MobileFirst server , in its entirety in the notification shade. Changing the orientation to landscape does not help as this has no effect on the notification shade in your Android phone. You quickly want to copy a coupon code or OTP (One time password) but cannot, since you do not see the complete text....more
We at IBM MobileFirst Platform team spend a lot of time creating new stuff. in our daily race to make sure we are up to speed with what our users need, it seems like a good idea to ask them directly about their use of the product. We actually didn’t come up with this approach by ourselves- this is becoming a common practice in our industry....more
I’ve always been sort of fascinated by the speed and convenience of mail delivery services in the United States. In anticipation of the rapidly-arriving Halloween holiday, I purchased a Harley Quinn costume from Amazon. In a mere two days, my costume of epic proportions was packaged, left the carrier facility, traveled several hundred miles, and delivered to my doorstep. Meanwhile, all I had to do was click a few buttons and walk to my door....more
One of the nice things about new features is that they can provide you with the solution to the one or two things that prevented something from completely meeting your needs. For example, do you remember what convinced you to purchase your new phone or car?Mobile Quality Assurance (MQA) for Bluemix updated its code to include the ability to connect with additional issue-tracking systems, as well as sentiment analysis support for India. Bug-tracking system supportMQA had issue-tracking integration with IBM Rational Team Concert for quite a while, but you had some roadblocks to overcome if you did not use Rational......more
October 8th - the IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation (aka Worklight) Xamarin SDK turned 1! Agreed – this blog post is a couple of weeks overdue :). We unveiled the component at Evolve last year and have been releasing updates to keep pace with the IBM MFP releases. Initially the updates were a bit slow to keep pace as we were getting the skids greased, but now we are at a 1st day support cycle since our 7.1 release. And we refreshed it 7 times in between as well. 9 updates in the last 12 months – not too shabby! This......more
Disclaimer: The solution discussed herein is from my own personal experience as a developer using the MobileFirst platform and do not represent IBM's view nor IBM's interest in supporting this officially....more
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Alerting in MFP Analytics now allows users to set alerts around their analytics data that will notify them when a threshold has been reached. Currently, these notifications are sent through the analytics console or a configurable webhook....more
Have you experienced the "add dynamic content Errors" in MFP Windows Universal apps?...more
My brother and I never got along when we were kids. I suppose that happens with most siblings. I would want to watch a movie, while he preferred to read comic books. We quite simply didn’t mesh that well together.Similarly, IBM Mobile Quality Assurance (MQA) and Apache Cordova are great products by themselves, but they could never interact with each other. Until now. In this tutorial, I will show you just how easy it is to make them work together (much easier than for a parent of siblings)....more
Do you need to capture raw debug logs from devices in production from the field? Do you want to capture analytics events from applications deployed in production?...more
Exploring and Coding are part of every developer's life. While exploring you may come across many technologies, tools, libraries etc. Each technology has its own recommended IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for developing applications. Like...more
Since you've read the MobileFirst Analytics - Planning for Production blog post, you're ready to get some practice setting up a cluster....more
As of October 6, 2015, this blog post acknowledges that IBM is aware of the recent vulnerability in the Apache Cordova Android File-Transfer Plugin and has responded accordingly....more
When IBM Bluemix started, the opportunity for mobile developers was an obvious one. It takes only a quick look at your phone to see that almost every app uses a core set of capabilities - Authentication, Push Notifications, Data and Analytics. Consider how many apps there are, and that they are all using this functionality. Should every developer be standing up a server and rewriting this rudimentary software? No, they should be using a service or services. Heck, they probably shouldn’t be writing any server side code at all, right? So true to lean, we stood up a set of......more
Greetings!We just published new hybrid hands-on lab series for MobileFirst Platform 7.1...more
March 21, 2016
HowTo: Use a CDN with an Express web application
OverviewIn this tutorial we are learning what is a Content Delivery Network (CDN), what are the benefits, and how to...
February 24, 2016
[UPDATE Feb. 24, 2016]Cordova has updated their announcement regarding CVE-2015-5256. Follow the link for more information: http://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2015/11/20/security.html.
February 20, 2016
Protecting IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation application traffic using IBM DataPower
Note: This article was written for MobileFirst Foundation 7.1. For a similar topic on 8.0 see Protecting IBM MobileFirst Platform...
February 19, 2016
February 19, 2016
Introducing the developerWorks Cloud Architecture Center
At Interconnect this year, the IBM Cloud team and developerWorks are launching a new entry point into our cloud platform....
February 19, 2016
Connecting securely from IBM MobileFirst on Containers to on-premise systems
Note: This blog post refers to connecting a on-prem database as the admin and run time DB for the MobileFirst...
February 17, 2016
Try IBM Mobile Quality Assurance (MQA) at IBM InterConnect 2016!
OverviewThe technical conference is a great place to network, learn, and hopefully have some fun.
February 17, 2016
IBM MobileFirst supports Windows 10 Mobile
Late last year, Microsoft released two mobiles - the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL phones that came pre-loaded with...
February 16, 2016
[UPDATE Sept. 28, 2016] Update to a later iFix to avoid both OpenSSL and Cordova vulnerabilities
February 15, 2016
HowTo: Send Custom Data to the MobileFirst Analytics Server from adapters or any java application
OverviewSending custom data from your MobileFirst 7.1 apps to the Operational Analytics Server can be accomplished by using the log...
February 11, 2016
Tips & Tricks for troubleshooting IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Containers on IBM Bluemix
MobileFirst Platform Foundation for IBM Bluemix Container - Starter
February 11, 2016
IBM Mobile Quality Assurance has a new look!
A new year is a great time for a fresh start and improvement. IBM® Mobile Quality Assurance for Bluemix® has...
February 08, 2016
IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation on IBM Containers – development, production workloads
What’s new in MobileFirst platform v7.1?The MobileFirst platform v7.1 can now be deployed and run on IBM Bluemix.
February 05, 2016
February 03, 2016
An IoT Cloud, Bluemix and MobileFirst Sample - What makes you happy?
IntroductionQuestion: What makes you happy, in the current and future world? IoT, PaaS or Mobile?
January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016
Continuous Delivery with IBM Bluemix DevOps Services
IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation (rel. 7.1 – hereafter referred to as MFPF), is now available on Bluemix. The main components...
January 19, 2016
DefinitelyTyped project for IBM MobileFirst and Hybrid Mobile Apps
I’ve blogged before about the client-side API for hybrid mobile apps built on IBM MobileFirst. One of the things I’ve...
January 13, 2016
December 31, 2015
Foundation 7.1 Accessibility and Application Crash Analytics Support is now available
This month IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation released two new features in an iFix for Operational Analytics, accessibility, and application crash...
December 20, 2015
MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 Performance Testing for Session Independent Mode (OAuth model)
##OverviewThe purpose of this page is to describe how to run performance tests on the different features of the MFP...
December 11, 2015
CVE-2015-5257/CVE-2015-8320: Weak Randomization of BridgeSecret for Apache Cordova Android
As of November 25, 2015, this blog post acknowledges that IBM is aware that Cordova announced two CVEs for vulnerabilities...
November 24, 2015
Multi-line GCM notification in Android
Isn’t it frustrating that even with a big screen Android phone, you cannot read a Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) push...
November 17, 2015
Please take part in our Mobile Developers' Survey
We at IBM MobileFirst Platform team spend a lot of time creating new stuff. in our daily race to make...
November 06, 2015
Mobile Quality Assurance delivers export feedback
I’ve always been sort of fascinated by the speed and convenience of mail delivery services in the United States. In...
October 26, 2015
IBM Mobile Quality Assurance adds bug-tracking integration and sentiment analysis results for India
One of the nice things about new features is that they can provide you with the solution to the one...
October 25, 2015
Xamarin SDK for MobileFirst Foundation is 1 year old!
October 8th - the IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation (aka Worklight) Xamarin SDK turned 1! Agreed – this blog post is...
October 25, 2015
Running ibm-mobilefirst-starter container locally
Disclaimer: The solution discussed herein is from my own personal experience as a developer using the MobileFirst platform and do...
October 19, 2015
Using MFP Adapters as an endpoint for Analytics Alerts webhooks
Alerting in MFP Analytics now allows users to set alerts around their analytics data that will notify them when a...
October 13, 2015
JS errors in MFP Windows Universal apps when using AngularJS
Have you experienced the "add dynamic content Errors" in MFP Windows Universal apps?
October 13, 2015
My brother and I never got along when we were kids. I suppose that happens with most siblings. I would...
October 13, 2015
Best Practice - Capturing Client Logs and Analytics
Do you need to capture raw debug logs from devices in production from the field? Do you want to capture...
October 13, 2015
Enhance MobileFirst Cordova app using Visual Studio 2015
Exploring and Coding are part of every developer's life. While exploring you may come across many technologies, tools, libraries etc....
October 10, 2015
MobileFirst Analytics - Quick & Dirty Clusters
Since you've read the MobileFirst Analytics - Planning for Production blog post, you're ready to get some practice setting up...
October 08, 2015
CVE-2015-5204 HTTP header injection vulnerability in Apache Cordova Android File-Transfer Plugin
As of October 6, 2015, this blog post acknowledges that IBM is aware of the recent vulnerability in the Apache...
October 05, 2015
MobileFirst Services on Bluemix now support Android and Open Source SDKs
When IBM Bluemix started, the opportunity for mobile developers was an obvious one. It takes only a quick look at...
October 05, 2015
New lab series for MFP 7.1 has been released!
Greetings!We just published new hybrid hands-on lab series for MobileFirst Platform 7.1