Timothy Marland - Build Delightful Mobile Experiences with Kotlin, Realm, and Atlas Device Sync

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The challenge of building offline-first mobile apps

Users expect a fast, reactive experience which requires local data and a complex, custom-built synchronization layer to a primary database.

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The complexity of building a custom sync solution

Building a custom synchronization layer involves object-relational mapping, error handling, and conflict resolution, which is undifferentiated heavy lifting.

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Introducing Realm and Atlas Device Sync for mobile

Realm is an object-oriented mobile database with live objects, while Atlas Device Sync provides an out-of-the-box synchronization layer.

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A sample architecture for an online retail application

An online retail example demonstrates how GraphQL, Kafka, and Atlas Device Sync can all connect different services to a central MongoDB Atlas database.

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Understanding the mechanics of Atlas Device Sync

Changes are written locally, sent via websocket, converted to MongoDB documents, and synchronized using operational transforms to handle conflicts.

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Implementing granular data permissions and access control

Atlas Device Sync allows for defining specific read and write permissions at the document and even field level for different user roles.

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Using data ingest for one-way IoT data flow

The data ingest feature is optimized for one-way data flows from sources like IoT sensors, skipping conflict resolution for higher efficiency.

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Setting up a sample real-time sync application

A walkthrough shows how to create a new application from a template in the MongoDB Atlas UI and pull the starter code using the Realm CLI.

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Demonstrating real-time and offline data synchronization

A live demo with a to-do list app on two devices shows how data syncs instantly online and automatically resolves changes after a period of being offline.

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