If you’ve launched websites or backend services before, you’ve likely used AWS or another hosting provider for your infrastructure. In this article, we’ll discuss four developer use cases for AWS tools specific to building and improving mobile applications in addition to speeding up overall development time.
Are you planning to launch a new mobile app and want to spin up a prototype in minutes? AWS Amplify is a JavaScript library accompanied by a set of tools and services to help you build and deploy serverless applications in the cloud with AWS. It’s a full-stack application platform that utilizes code from both the client and server sides and can be used for several common applications requirements:
Learn how you can let Amplify worry about your app backend infrastructure so that you can focus on application coding. Check out the docs to get started.
AWS Device Farm operates as an application testing service that facilitates testing your mobile apps across a broad range of Android and iOS devices. This helps save time and resources during quality assurance checks by allowing you to:
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Seamlessly deliver communications across channels, segments, and campaigns at scale with with AWS Pinpoint.
Communication channels
Pinpoint offers a multichannel messaging platform to engage with your customers through email, voice, push notification, and SMS. You can create multi-step campaigns for defined user journeys in the drag-and-drop editor.
Analytics
Understanding how customers use your app is crucial to improving customer engagement. Pinpoint collects usage metrics and attributes to identify trends in customer interactions with your app. Streamline your communications today. Check out the docs to get started.
Amazon GameLift offers a streamlined approach to deploying, operating, and scaling dedicated game servers for session-based multiplayer games. This allows for:
Cross-platform
Today, games are becoming increasingly cross-platform to provide users seamless experiences. Typically these platforms include mobile, PC, and console so that users can hop from one platform to another to continue playing. If you have considered making your mobile game work across platforms, AWS has new guidance for building scalable cross-platform backends on AWS.
Building mobile apps and games requires strategic planning to ensure that backend services run smoothly and deliver an exceptional gameplay experience as new users join. The AWS services mentioned above will help save time and effort spent on infrastructure, allowing you to focus on enhancing your apps and games.
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