This Week in Mobile Web Development (#59)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly June 3, 2015   #59 Peter Cooper recommends Why Ionic is Reigniting the Native vs HTML5 Debate — Ionic is a series of performance-focused, beautifully designed HTML, CSS and JavaScript components optimized for building mobile applications. Andrew Chalkley Holly Schinsky recommends Web vs. Native redux — Revisiting the web versus native article from last week with some further thoughts. QuirksBlog Brian Rinaldi recommends Viewport vs Percentage Units — Ire Aderinokun explains how new CSS viewport units can be useful for defining layout elements. Bits of Code Peter Cooper recommends Google Announces The “Cloud Test Lab,” An Automated Android Testing Service — At Google I/O today, Google announced a free in-house Android app testing service to which you’ll simply upload your APK and they’ll test it against 20 top Android devices. Ars Technica Brian Rinaldi recommends Tabris.js: Native Mobile Apps in JavaScript Without Web Views — Sergio De Simone interviews Tabris Project Lead Holger Staudacher about Tabris.js, a commercial library and service for building native apps with JavaScript. InfoQ Holly Schinsky recommends Ionic SocketIO Chat Application — A tutorial on how to build a mobile chat application using Ionic and SocketIO. AirPair - Melvin Philips Holly Schinsky recommends There Are No More Easy Answers In Mobile App Development — The web versus native debate is not a simple answer, but requires you to focus more on how your app will be used and when. Read Write Holly Schinsky recommends Looking back at PhoneGap Day EU 2015 — A recap of the PhoneGap Day EU 2015 events with links to the presentation slides. PhoneGap Blog Brian Rinaldi recommends How to Make High Performance PhoneGap Apps — Following on a session at PhoneGap Day, Josh shares some of his suggestions for making your hybrid app feel more like native. Josh Morony Holly Schinsky recommends Announcing Ionic Push Alpha — Ionic Push has been released in alpha state for testing push notifications with your Ionic mobile apps. The Official Ionic Blog Holly Schinsky recommends Webbing, a Template for Firefox OS Apps — Webbing is a template for creating Firefox OS apps from existing web applications to make the transition from a mobile web app to Firefox OS as painless as possible. Yahoo Engineering Brian Rinaldi recommends How I almost killed my most successful app — Though it is not specific to hybrid or JavaScript-based apps, Alexis Creuzot explains how not being cautious with his updates nearly killed a successful and profitable app. Medium Brian Rinaldi recommends Remote Exploitation of the Cordova Framework — David Kaplan and Roee Hay authored a paper identifying vulnerabilities in some versions of Cordova for Android that can be exploited by an attacker. IBM Holly Schinsky recommends Use Sass in your Ionic app like a pro — Some helpful tips on using Sass in your Ionic apps. Jason Brown Brian Rinaldi recommends Mobile Apps Offline Support — Gustavo Machado goes through different types of offline data access including strategies to cache, queue and sync data in mobile apps. InfoQ Curated by Brian Rinaldi and Holly Schinsky for Cooper Press. Cooper Press is located at Office 30, Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK Update your email address or stop receiving MWW here

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