This Week in Mobile Web Development (#87)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly December 16, 2015   #87 Peter Cooper recommends More Responsive Tapping on iOS in WebKit — WebKit includes ‘fast tapping optimizations’ so well-optimized (for scale) mobile pages can avoid the 350 millisecond delay commonly worked around by using third party libraries. WebKit Brian Rinaldi recommends Google's Angular 2 Release Pushes JavaScript Beyond the Browser — A brief overview discussing how Angular 2 allows you to target more than the browser, including building native mobile apps with JavaScript. Wired Brian Rinaldi recommends What Progressive Web Apps Mean for the Web — TJ VanToll looks at the pros and cons of progressive web apps, which allow mobile web sites to be added to a home screen and function offline. Telerik Developer Network This issue is sponsored by Manning 50% Off Manning's Mobile Web Books — For today only we've teamed up with Manning to offer 50% off books like Apache Cordova in Action, Ionic in Action and The Responsive Web. Use code dotd121615tw - expires at the end of December 16. Manning Peter Cooper recommends Touch Keyboard Type 'Cheat Sheet' — HTML5 code and demos for invoking different touch keyboards depending on input type. Worth keeping in mind for the benefit of mobile users. Baymard Institute Brian Rinaldi recommends Smaller, Faster Websites — Mat Marquis summarizes his presentation at various conferences focusing on ways developers can reduce the size and increase the speed of the mobile web sites they build. Bocoup Peter Cooper recommends “Mobile” Is Not A Thing — Mobile is in fact all around us. Mobile has become what “color television” or “desktop publishing” once was: a thing that is so ubiquitous that calling it by name is unnecessary and anachronistic. Daniel Appelquist Peter Cooper recommends Firefox OS is Dead — While not formally dead, Firefox OS is a ‘failure’, says Peter-Paul Koch. Peter-Paul Koch Holly Schinsky recommends Understanding Filters in Ionic — Understanding how to use filters to transform values in your hybrid apps built with Ionic. Andrew McGivery Brian Rinaldi recommends A Simple Case for Hybrid Mobile App Development — Abhishek Narain of Microsoft makes the case for why hybrid apps using Cordova still offer a number of advantages, and how to build them in Visual Studio. SitePoint Peter Cooper recommends Chrome for Android Can Now Save More Data by Blocking Website Images The Verge Brian Rinaldi recommends Building Mobile Apps with Angular 2 and NativeScript — How to build native mobile apps with JavaScript using Angular 2’s integration with NativeScript by TJ VanToll. Angular Blog Holly Schinsky recommends Adding Polish to the Calculator App — The third post in a series on building hybrid apps; this one focused on adding polish with icons, splash screens and more. Pluralsight Tutorials Job listing Give back to the developer community-apply to teach today. — Actively seeking web developers to join our tight knit family of passionate teachers and earn royalties. Pluralsight Brian Rinaldi recommends Website Layout Tools Compared: Flexbox Vs. Susy — A comparison of the functionality provided by Flexbox, as implemented natively by most browsers, and Susy, a Sass-based layout toolkit. Smashing Magazine Brian Rinaldi recommends The Ad Blocking Industry: Global, Large, Threatening — Frédéric Filloux says that mobile browsing is more prevalent internationally than in the US and the impact of ad blockers on the mobile web, both in terms of performance and ad rates, is huge. Monday Note Brian Rinaldi recommends Flip that App! Hybrid Mobile to JavaScript Native — Jen Looper explains the process of converting a existing hybrid mobile app to a JavaScript native app built with NativeScript. Telerik Developer Network Holly Schinsky recommends ReactNative+VSCode — A new extension for VSCode is coming soon and will add support for ReactNative development with features like debugging and intellisense. Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO) Holly Schinsky recommends MIT's Reality Editor App Lets You Reprogram the World With Augmented Reality — Reality Editor is a new app being built by MIT and based on Open Hybrid to control the physical world with augmented reality by reassigning functionality from one object to another via an app. WIRED Job listing Get 10 offers from top tech companies in one week — Indeed Prime is an elite new program from Indeed.com that presents in-demand tech talent like you to top employers. Indeed Prime opens the door to exciting career opportunities with one simple application. Join today! Indeed 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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