{"id":709,"date":"2020-10-14T12:49:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T07:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techgropse.com\/blog\/?p=709"},"modified":"2021-04-15T18:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T13:16:42","slug":"twelve-factor-app-methodology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Popularity of 12 Factor App Methodology in App Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this competitive world, it is challenging for mobile app development companies to sustain and flourish. Many mobile app developers struggle with complicated and slowed-down app deployment. App Developers encounter many complicated steps and tasks that often slow them down and hold them back like virtualization, architecture, and setting up the run time environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t want your m<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">obile app developers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be stuck bouncing between development, QA, and successful deployment, you must shift to the new approach for app development.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_19 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-black\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#What_is_the_12_Factor_App_Methodology\" title=\"What is the 12 Factor App Methodology?\">What is the 12 Factor App Methodology?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#Building_Blocks_of_12_Factor_App_Methodology\" title=\"Building Blocks of 12 Factor App Methodology\">Building Blocks of 12 Factor App Methodology<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#1_Codebase\" title=\"1. Codebase\">1. Codebase<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#2_Isolated_Dependencies\" title=\"2. Isolated Dependencies\">2. Isolated Dependencies<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#3_Config\" title=\"3. Config\">3. Config<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#4_Backing_Services\" title=\"4. Backing Services\">4. Backing Services<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#5_Build_Run_Release\" title=\"5. Build, Run, Release\">5. Build, Run, Release<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#6_Stateless_Processes\" title=\"6. Stateless Processes\">6. Stateless Processes<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#7_Port_Binding\" title=\"7. Port Binding\">7. Port Binding<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#8_Concurrency\" title=\"8. Concurrency\">8. Concurrency<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#9_Disposability\" title=\"9. Disposability\">9. Disposability<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#10_Dev-Prod_Parity\" title=\"10. Dev-Prod Parity\">10. Dev-Prod Parity<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#11_Logs\" title=\"11. Logs\">11. Logs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#12_Admin_Processes\" title=\"12. Admin Processes\">12. Admin Processes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#The_Underlying_Benefits_12_Factor_Application_Principles\" title=\"The Underlying Benefits 12 Factor Application Principles\">The Underlying Benefits 12 Factor Application Principles<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#Frequently_Asked_Questions\" title=\"Frequently Asked Questions\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/twelve-factor-app-methodology\/#What_does_the_12_Factor_App_indicate\" title=\" What does the 12 Factor App indicate?\"> What does the 12 Factor App indicate?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_12_Factor_App_Methodology\"><\/span>What is the 12 Factor App Methodology?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12-factor\u00a0 methodology<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> does not eliminate the work\u2019s complexity but creates a structure for the entire process to carry out a healthy app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some specific parameters for the deploying cloud-native application:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Declarative formats for setting up automation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compatible with modern cloud-based platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimize the gap between development and production for continuously deploying Software products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allows for scaling up and down without the need for specific changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Building_Blocks_of_12_Factor_App_Methodology\"><\/span>Building Blocks of 12 Factor App Methodology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 factor app principles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that make you understand how to handle the various subset of your<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mobile Application Development<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Codebase\"><\/span><b>1.<\/b> Codebase<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to build one code base that is fully tracked with the revised controls and can indulge in multiple deployments. This approach tends to automate deployment. Thus, everything can run in different environments without putting in much effort.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2872 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1.png\" alt=\"12 Factor App Methodology\" width=\"997\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1.png 560w, https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Isolated_Dependencies\"><\/span>2. Isolated Dependencies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Isolated Dependencies is about explicitly declaring and isolating dependencies because the mobile app is a standalone and needs to install dependencies. A mobile app developer must put the maximum dependencies initially instead of relying on the pre-installed software. As an app developer, you should know what you need in the code under the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 factor app development<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> methodology.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Config\"><\/span>3. Config<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This factor allows the developers to store their configuration files in the environment. It focuses on how they store your data \u2014 the database Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) will be different in development, QA, and production.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Backing_Services\"><\/span>4. Backing Services<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This factor of App Development Methodology tells you to treat the backing services as attached resources because every team requires a different database.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-1.png\" alt=\"12 Factor App Methodology\" width=\"872\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-1.png 872w, https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-1-768x400.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Build_Run_Release\"><\/span>5. Build, Run, Release<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a Mobile App Developer, you want to strictly separate the Build and Run stages, ensuring everything has the right libraries. Then you need to put everything together in something that can be released and installed in the environment and then run it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Stateless_Processes\"><\/span>6. Stateless Processes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this, stateless process mobile app development companies or app developers can execute the app as one or more stainless processes to ensure that your data obtains adequate storage at the backing store.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Port_Binding\"><\/span>7. Port Binding<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Port binding an essential step during the Mobile application development process that allows the app to become a backing service for another app. Sometimes the web apps get executed inside a web server container for the entire process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Concurrency\"><\/span>8. Concurrency<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to divide the Mobile App into smaller processes that will allow the app to call out, and it will be able to manage varying loads.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Disposability\"><\/span>9. Disposability<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here every Mobile App developer needs to make sure that changes can take effect very quickly to start up and take down fast. And that you can handle a crash.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Dev-Prod_Parity\"><\/span>10. Dev-Prod Parity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gap between the developer stage and the mobile app production leads to delay and further hinders the app development process. But with this factor of App Methodology, you can keep the gap between development and production as small as possible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11_Logs\"><\/span>11. Logs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write all your logging information to the system out, so in the future, with the configuration, you can decide where you want to place the logs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"12_Admin_Processes\"><\/span>12. Admin Processes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t want to go messing with the database, use the tooling you can build alongside your app to check the database.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobile App Development Companies accepted these <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">modern 12 factor app design principles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mobile app development<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make sure that the development process goes smoothly.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Underlying_Benefits_12_Factor_Application_Principles\"><\/span>The Underlying Benefits 12 Factor Application Principles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some benefits of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">twelve factor app methodology<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the app development process to create enterprise applications:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Declarative formats for setup automation to minimize the time and cost for new developers joining the project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean contract with the operating system, offering maximum portability between execution environments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy to deploy on modern cloud platforms, removing the need for servers and system administration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuous deployment for maximum agility by limiting the differences between development and production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allows the scaling up and down without the need for significant changes to tooling, architecture, or development practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 Factor Methodology<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> approach may not be for you if you are a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mobile app development company<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a development team trying to overcome the baggage of legacy, on-premise applications. But yes, if you are going with new apps or instances where you\u2019ve already started the refactoring process, that\u2019s when you need <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 factor application methodology<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s everything about choosing your main problems and if this strategy can take care of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions\"><\/span>Frequently Asked Questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"sp-ea-2876\" class=\"sp-ea-one sp-easy-accordion\" data-ex-icon=\"fa-minus\" data-col-icon=\"fa-plus\"  data-ea-active=\"ea-click\"  data-ea-mode=\"vertical\" data-preloader=\"1\"><div id=\"eap-preloader-2876\" class=\"accordion-preloader\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.techgropse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-accordion-free\/public\/assets\/ea_loader.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"ea-card ea-expand sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_the_12_Factor_App_indicate\"><\/span><a class=\"collapsed\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=#collapse28760 href=\"javascript:void(0)\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><i class=\"ea-expand-icon fa fa-minus\"><\/i> What does the 12 Factor App indicate?<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse collapsed show\" id=\"collapse28760\" ><div class=\"ea-body\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12-factor is a methodology for creating software-as-a-service applications. 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