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### Mobile Clients ### Mobile Clients
Loopback Mobile Client SDKs give mobile developers direct access to LoopBack Mobile Client SDKs give mobile developers access to
mobile models and services from their native development environment and language. mobile models and services from within their native
development environment and language.
LoopBack SDK's support both predefined static schema's and dynamic LoopBack SDK's support both predefined static schema's and dynamic
'schema-less'mobile models. 'schema-less'mobile models.
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Loopback stand out as an api tier built for mobile: Loopback stand out as an api tier built for mobile:
1. Model APIS are surfaced over REST without writing code 1. Model APIS are surfaced over REST without writing code
2. The Datasource Juggler is modern ORM that supports supports 2. The Datasource Juggler is a modern ORM that supports
not only traditional RDBMS, but also noSQL and services not only traditional RDBMS, but also noSQL and services
3. As a mobile backend as a service (mBaaS) we help you leverage 3. As a mobile backend as a service (mBaaS) we help you leverage
valuable existing data in your mobile app as well dynamically create valuable existing data in your mobile app as well dynamically create
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preserve what's familiar to the mobile developer in their native preserve what's familiar to the mobile developer in their native
platform and empower them with seamelss backend functionality. platform and empower them with seamelss backend functionality.
All mobile clients call into the mobile API tier through REST. Mobile clients call into LoopBack APIs surfaced by [strong-remoting](http://docs.strongloop.com/strong-remoting), a pluggable transport
Protocol binding within LoopBack actually has a plugin architecture layer that supports surfacing backend APIs over REST, WebSockets,
so that you can switch to websockets for example for more real time and other transports.
capabilities in the future.
<h4> API Gateway </h4> <h4> API Gateway </h4>
The first line of defense and entry is the API gateway. This The first line of defense and entry is the API gateway. This
sub-component of LoopBack acts as a reverse-proxy to the rest of sub-component of LoopBack acts as a reverse-proxy to the rest of
LoopBack. It provides OAuth2 base security, will mediate between LoopBack. It provides OAuth2 based security, will mediate between
multiple data formats and acts as a quality of service layer for your multiple data formats and acts as a quality of service layer for your
API providing instrumentation and other aspect level functionality. API providing instrumentation and other aspect level functionality.
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Each LoopBack development environment is fully self contained. When Each LoopBack development environment is fully self contained. When
working in the enterprise, there is a need to distribute work much working in the enterprise, there is a need to distribute work much
like how distributed source control systems like `git` have risen and like how distributed source control systems like `git` have risen and
evolved. When combining the work ouput from multiple LoopBack evolved. When combining the work output from multiple LoopBack
development environments into a single enterprise runtime, the Admin development environments into a single enterprise runtime, the Admin
Console helps with merging and maintaining configuration as well as Console helps with merging and maintaining configuration as well as
deployment. deployment.