Accelerating application development by reusing resources

Use application components, MobileFirst project templates, and mobile patterns to accelerate the development of applications by reusing resources.

This section describes application components and MobileFirst project templates. For information about mobile patterns, see Mobile patterns.

• Configure application component and template preferences
  We can configure the location of the local download folder. The download folder is the place where IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation searches for MobileFirst project templates and application components whenever we add an application component to a project or create a project from a template.

• Application components
  Application components are reusable libraries we can add to the applications you develop. An application component can be a client-side library or a server runtime block. Typical libraries might handle basic functions such as login or payments. They can also contain various elements such as non-visual runtime objects, visual components, integration adapters, and user interface screen packages.

• MobileFirst project templates
  MobileFirst project templates enable you to accelerate the development of applications by not having to start from scratch. We can use MobileFirst project templates to provide value added services and we can add elements that are consistent with the look and feel of the brand.

Parent topic: Develop MobileFirst applications