This Week in Mobile Web Development (#73)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly September 9, 2015   #73 Brian Rinaldi recommends 7 Steps to Building a Hybrid Apple Watch App — Rob Lauer walks through the steps to build a hybrid Apple Watch app using web technologies with the Telerik Platform. Telerik Developer Network Holly Schinsky recommends Is the web platform getting too big? — More thoughts on some recent posts that the web platform is being pushed too hard to emulate native and the web vs native debate in general. Nicholas C Zakas Holly Schinsky recommends WebRTC Plugin Free World is Almost Here: Apple and Microsoft joining the crowd — Recent news is suggesting browser support for WebRTC without the need for plugins is coming soon. BlogGeek.me This issue is sponsored by PubNub Mobile Push Notifications with iOS, Android and PhoneGap — Learn best practices for setting up GCM and APNs environments and sending mobile push notifications using PubNub's Mobile Push Gateway with Android, iOS and PhoneGap. Register for webinar PubNub Brian Rinaldi recommends The Anatomy of Responsive Images — A good quick reference with examples for responsive images. Jake Archibald Holly Schinsky recommends How A Hack Day Project Made Mobile Pages 6x Faster Schibsted Tech Polska Holly Schinsky recommends PhoneGap Day US 2016 - Save the Date — PhoneGap Day US dates have been set and will be held in a new location. Be sure to mark your calendars and submit an entry to the call for speakers if you’re interested in speaking. PhoneGap Blog Brian Rinaldi recommends Google’s ad penalties are more significant than Apple’s ad blocker — Nathaniel Mott says that, because of the ubiquity of Google search, it’s decision to penalize sites around app install interstitials, could have a much more far reaching impact than Apple’s decision to allow ad blockers. Gigaom Holly Schinsky recommends Designing Web Code in a Native App — Why you should consider using web technologies for building hosted apps across platforms and devices using ManifoldJS. SitePoint Peter Cooper recommends How to Test React Native Apps on a Real iPhone Chirag Shah Peter Cooper recommends Mobile Pages That Are 1s Faster Experience Up to 27% Increase in Conversion Rate — A case study. SOASTA Brian Rinaldi recommends The Problems with Feature Detection — The issue with feature detection is that it assumes, if a feature exists, this means that its entire API does too. Niels Leenheer Holly Schinsky recommends Apache Cordova iOS 4.0.0 and WKWebView support — Find out the latest updates on the upcoming release of cordova-ios 4.0.0 and support for WKWebView. Shazron's Blog Job listing Want to work on new projects? Make more money? Try a new stack? Relocate? — On Hired, we'll bring the options to you. With over 2,000 pre-screened tech companies in 10 cities in the US & UK, you'll be sure to find what you're looking for. Join Hired today. Hired.com Brian Rinaldi recommends Mobile Apps Have a Short Half Life; Use Falls Sharply After First Six Months — Mobile apps achieve half their lifetime usage in the first six months. Re/code Brian Rinaldi recommends Creating a Mobile App with WP-API and React Native — How to use the WP REST API plugin with WordPress as a datasource for a simple React Native mobile app. Jeff Gould Peter Cooper recommends Office UI Fabric: The Front-End Framework for Building Experiences for Office and Office 365 — A responsive, mobile-first, front-end framework, for creating web experiences using the Office Design Language. Microsoft Holly Schinsky recommends Amazon Mobile Ad Network Plug-in Now Available for PhoneGap — Check out the new PhoneGap plugin available for using Amazon’s mobile ad network in your hybrid apps. PhoneGap Blog 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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