[aerogear-dev] Aerogear Website design

Matthias Wessendorf matzew at apache.org
Tue Nov 11 11:29:45 EST 2014


On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Lukáš Fryč <lukas.fryc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, it should have been lighgreen for Droid and lightblue for Cordova off
> course ;-)
>

off course! :-)



>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Lukáš Fryč <lukas.fryc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would also highlight importance of supporting developers coming from
>> different platforms (Java on Android, ObjC/Swift on iOS, and plain
>> JavaScript, JavaScript in Cordova).
>>
>>
>> I know that it might be hard to combine with a concept of
>> feature-oriented pages,
>>
>> but I imagine we could allow at least color- or icon-based highlights for
>> different platforms (icon of Droid - lightblue code sample background, icon
>> of apple - silver background, JS logo light-yellow background, Cordova logo
>> - pink background!)
>>
>> + I would even consider a something like select box in top navbar that
>> allows to filter out platform specific information. ;-)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Bruno Oliveira <bruno at abstractj.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ahoy my friend, answers inline. (my personal opinion)
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Andres Galante <agalante at redhat.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, I am starting to redesign auroras.org. I would like your help to
>>>>> understand better the product and our user.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who is the developer that uses Aerogear? is it a hardcore developer,
>>>>> or someone that is looking for a ready made solution?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think both. We have JavaScript, iOS, Android, Cordova, Firefox and
>>>> JavaEE developers. For example, some Java EE developers don't care about JS
>>>> and they might be looking for a ready made solution (In this situation,
>>>> AeroGear with Forge or JBDS is a good fit).
>>>>
>>>> At the same time you have JS developers for example like Lukas or Luke,
>>>> which are familiar with Java EE, but they are more like a hardcore
>>>> developer and they just want to make use of libraries. Some devs will stick
>>>> make use of tools, others to just our libraries.
>>>>
>>>
>>> +1 both are 'target'
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I understand that we have 3 products, Core, Push and security. What is
>>>>> our main product?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At the moment, I would say that Push is the main AeroGear focus.
>>>> Although AG is more than just Push. We provide libraries willing to make
>>>> developer's life easy so topics like: Push, Security (cryptography, OAuth2
>>>> libraries, 2 factor), data sync, geo-fencing, offline support...and more
>>>> crazy and dirty things you could possible imagine with fancy devices —
>>>> probably AG will be there.
>>>>
>>>
>>> correct. first push release is done. Work for others (e.g.OAuth2 and
>>> data-sync/offline) is in the works.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What is a user he looking for when he gets to Aerogear? How can
>>>>> Aerogear help him?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Most of the developers (others can correct me if I'm wrong) are looking
>>>> to boost their productivity. Let's think about something very complex like
>>>> cryptography or OAuth2, is really hard to newcomers to grok into RFCs and
>>>> implement it. Most part of the time people just want to connect their apps
>>>> to Facebook, Twitter, <put your favorite social network here>. People don't
>>>> have time and sometimes patience to read RFCs and start from scratch
>>>> (because it's boring)
>>>>
>>>> I think this is where AeroGear comes into place. If you talk to Passos,
>>>> he will give to you details about reducing 25% of the hard work on Android
>>>> with AeroGear.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Right, both are examples to make life easier. Same goes for push. our
>>> server makes it easier to handle and manage all aspects of push.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> At this point I would also like to build a “design persona” to have a
>>>>> coherent identity, voice and styles throughout our line. If aerogear was a
>>>>> person, who would it be? what voice does it have, color, typography, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Amazing. Not sure if AeroGear would be a person, but to me is more like
>>>> Skipper (
>>>> http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130327234948/pixar/images/7/70/Planes_skipper_rollout_final.jpg
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>
>>> hehe :)
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> With this done we will make sure our websites, demos and consoles
>>>>> speak the same language.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> -
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