X-platform web dev in Spotify. February 2013

About me José Manuel Pérez Pérez @jmperezperez Frontend Web Developer Spotify - Stockholm

What’s this talk about What’s Spotify How we use web technologies Cross-platform challenges

Desktop client

Mobile clients

TV

Evolving the product as Spotify grows We would like to achieve this: Easy development, no dependencies Monitor and deliver updates with no overhead

Web is the answer

Spotify Apps Allowing 3rd-party integrations

Hybrid clients Making it possible to use web development everywhere

Web player Whole client, not only a component

Web Web development is helping us with: Team ownership Code reuse + Cross platform development

Sharing code DRY

How to Things to have into account Cross-platform development Hide the native layer - Common API Structure the code properly Keep in mind performance

Thanks! @jmperezperez February 2013

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