Business case for App Builder

Enterprise organizations that want to extend the capabilities of their Adobe solutions will find a clear path forward in App Builder.

Why use App Builder?

The main reasons to choose the App Builder framework over third-party point solutions or do-it-yourself customizations are:

Time to value – App Builder is the fastest way to extend Adobe solutions.
Consistent user experience – users can move smoothly between Adobe solutions and custom apps that share the same look and feel - without authenticating under a different username and password, switching contexts, or learning a new UI.
Security – API authorization and user access control are included with App Builder, and user access control is managed the same way as for Adobe solutions.
No infrastructure to manage – one app or hundreds, one user or thousands, Adobe scales up behind the scenes and routes traffic to the closest region for effortless high performance.
Adobe-native – integrated with Adobe solutions and services, App Builder offers more functionality out of the box and less code to write, deploy, and test. It also future-proofs your code, so you can incorporate new Adobe capabilities with minimal friction.

Here are some typical applications that can be built with the App Builder framework:

Custom dashboards and decision-support tools that use data from Adobe solutions or other systems
Custom experiences that let users interact with Adobe solutions the way they want
Custom integrations among Adobe, third-party, and custom home-grown systems. These can include apps with a UI, or automated solutions with no UI
Extended functionality, adding new capabilities and integrations to Adobe solutions like Experience Manager Assets

Execution of App Builder apps on Adobe's I/O Runtime serverless platform adds event-driven, on-demand use cases to the range App Builder can address:

Microservices without the burdens of server configuration and maintenance, which are often outside the skill sets of development teams
Adobe cloud platform extensions by deploying microservices on top of Adobe's infrastucture to modify, transform, or automate interactions with content and data
Internet of Things applications that standardize data inputs from multiple sensors, and scale to match the highly variable volume of sensor-driven events
API backend that exposes REST APIs to other applications in the cloud, eliminating the need for servers to run them
Mobile backend with the server-side functionality and scalability mobile applications typically need, but without the need for server-side development work
Data processing and transformation pipelines that respond to events and adapt quickly to changing requirements with no need for reprogramming
Adobe I/O Event processing executing logic that responds to events originating from Creative Cloud, Analytics Triggers, and other Adobe services

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