Aero Gear is an open source Red Hat project that brings security and development expertise to cross-platform enterprise

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. It is a coding platform that aims to simplify mobile development and cross-platform infrastructure setup.

History

AeroGear was founded in 2012 as a

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project. In November 2012, it released its first project, the AeroGear 1.0.0.M6 for the

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which “lays down the foundation for data synchronization and security”. The AeroGear UnifiedPush Server 1.1.0 was released on November 5, 2015. AeroGear Mobile Services 1.0.0 was released on July 4, 2018.

Coding principles and objectives

AeroGear is a project that provides support to mobile developers who are working with traditional Java EE backends through iOS and Android libraries, as well as JavaScript. AeroGear offers an open platform for coders who can be assigned projects based on preferences. It is based on a Unified Application Program Interface (

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) which offers a pipeline for languages such as Android, iOS, and

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. In 2018, AeroGear moved focus to provide services on

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, for example, push notifications and authentication.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.aerogear.org/index.html Software using the Apache license Cross-platform mobile software Cross-platform free software