Lean Mobile App Development

Summary

In this chapter, you have learned about a scaling strategy for your app and how this strategy applies in particular to your app backend. A good architecture and the ability to scale, not the scale itself, are key elements here.

By definition, storing data and processing services in the cloud is often very scalable but, depending on what you choose, could also be very costly. If you want to use data from an API that originally was not intended to be consumed on a mobile device, you might need to create a middleware solution first. This way you can ensure that your app works well even with low-bandwidth conditions. Minimizing the amount of data and paging it can help improve your app's performance.

Cloud services offer convenience but ...