June 25, 2019 by wendy

3 Steps to Building a Cloud-Ready Application Architecture

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Having state-of-the-art technology in place is essential for a business trying to gain the lion’s share of their market. The world of technology is ever-changing, which means a business owner will have to pay attention to these changes and find a way to implement them into their existing IT infrastructure. For years, businesses large and small have used the power of cloud computing for backing up data or hosting their applications.

Studies show that 44 percent of the businesses in the United States have implemented the use of cloud-based applications in one form or another. The rising popularity for these types of apps is great news for the developers of these programs.

Are you curious about how to develop cloud-ready application architecture? If you answered yes, consider the helpful tips below.

1. Take a Systematic Approach with Application Security

Over time, a business owner may feel like the number of programs they have in place is overwhelming their team. Scaling down these applications is generally referred to as application rationalization. Generally, businesses will hire IT professionals like the WGroup to audit the apps they have in place so they can make decisions on which ones to keep and which ones to get rid of.

During this process, an IT professional will focus on factors like the speed and security an application offers. If you want your application to make the cut, then taking a systematic approach to security is vital. This means that you need to pick a security approach before you start constructing your application.

Treating security as an afterthought can lead to a variety of problems and may even cause a business to have their data compromised. Making sure your application can handle data in a variety of specified ways is crucial. This means putting in things like encryption and required levels of security is needed to keep your app secure.

2. Develop an App That is a Collection of Services

If you are looking to take the cloud-application world by storm, your main goals should be developing composite programs. This basically means that your application should be a collection of different services. The main mistake developers make when trying to build these composite programs is making the main focus the user interface. In reality, each of the different parts of your composite application should be able to stand on its own.

Ideally, you want your app to have parts that can be broken up and used by various underlying services when different programs are added to the composite list. This will help you to avoid building an app from scratch and can also help you deploy the app faster.

3. Scalability is Key

One of the biggest benefits that come with using cloud-based apps is how they can grow with a business over time. Apps developed and powered by traditional servers have a finite amount of resources at their disposal. This can pose a big problem if a company starts to experience a drastic increase in traffic.

As you begin constructing your application, make sure you are keeping the scalability factor in the back of your mind. The only way to can create a high performing app is by understanding how it reacts to an increased load. Understanding how various app components handle this load can help you figure out how to scale these things to avoid slow downs and crashes.

Learning how to automatically call up resource instances when needed is essential to the long-term success of your app. Adequately monitoring the app’s performance over time is also important when attempting to find and fix performance issues. The worst mistake an app developer can make is setting and forgetting a program. Doing this generally leads to the program becoming slow or unreliable, which can wreak havoc on the success it has.

Thoroughly Testing Your New App

Some app developers and tech entrepreneurs are so obsessed with being first to market that they forget about thoroughly testing their program. Without sufficient beta testing, you are playing with fire when it comes to how well your program will work. While this testing may push back your release date, it is well worth the aggravation or frustration this may cause.

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