Improved development experience

New APIs, frameworks, capabilities, and tools make developing apps with IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation simpler and help make developers more productive.

Enhanced experience for developing hybrid apps
If you develop hybrid apps, you can now leverage support for standard-based frameworks with large, open ecosystems, as well as exploiting capabilities provided by IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation
Streamlined experience for developing native apps
As a native app developer, you can take advantage of streamlined methods to get the IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation SDK, as well a simplified workflow in your native app development environment.
Additional services and other development enhancements
Various new features and services provide additional functions and capabilities for you to build, test, deploy, and monitor enterprise-grade apps.

Parent topic: What's new in V7.1.0