This Week in Mobile Web Development (#94)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly February 10, 2016   #94 Holly Schinsky recommends jQuery Mobile 1.5: It's Alive — jQuery Mobile recently posted a status update after over a year of silence. Find out what to expect in their upcoming 1.5 release. Gajotres.net Holly Schinsky recommends Build Your First Mobile App With Ionic 2 & Angular 2 — Part 4 in a series on building your first mobile app with Ionic 2. gonehybrid.com Brian Rinaldi recommends Why Mobile First Is Outdated — The author argues that mobile is secondary for business software and that you need to focus on the jobs that users need to do rather than the screens. Paul Adams This issue is sponsored by RANGLE.IO The Mobile Ecosystem in 2016 and What You Need to Know — Rangle’s CEO looks at the current state of hybrid mobile, including the latest from PhoneGap Day, insights on PhoneGap/Cordova, Ionic, React Native and NativeScript, as well as interviews with Adobe, Telerik and Ionic. Find out what you should know about the mobile landscape and how it’s moving forward in 2016. RANGLE.IO Peter Cooper recommends Google AMP Launch Looms, Designed to Reinvent Mobile Web — A high level look at AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages). “In short, AMP is like a diet version of HTML.” Ad Age Brian Rinaldi recommends Is the Hamburger Menu a Problem? — Ah, the hamburger menu, a source of endless controversy. This author says that using or not using the icon simply based upon the advice of some article is wrong. Tri Branch Vo Brian Rinaldi recommends What Sucks About React Native — A fan of React Native shares the parts of it that he doesn’t like. Grant Laborde Brian Rinaldi recommends IonicRealty: New Ionic 2 Sample Application — An updated Ionic 2 sample using the recently released beta. Christophe Coenraets Brian Rinaldi recommends Mozilla Outlines the End of Firefox OS on Phones — Firefox OS development will cease by May and Mozilla is moving towards IoT, though, they say, inspired by their Firefox OS work. The Verge Holly Schinsky recommends PhoneGap 6.0.0 Now Available on Build — PhoneGap 6.0.0 includes major version increments on all 3 platforms and is now available on PhoneGap Build. PhoneGap Build Blog Holly Schinsky recommends The Lean Startup Mobile Tool of Choice is PhoneGap — The Rangle.io CEO discusses some strategic reasons for adopting PhoneGap/Cordova in any exciting Lean Startup project. Nick Van Weerdenburg - PhoneGap Blog Holly Schinsky recommends Example Code using the Latest Push Plugin with ngCordova and Ionic — How to use the latest PhoneGap push plugin in your apps built with ngCordova and Ionic. Yafra Brian Rinaldi recommends Mobify Astro Docs — Like Project ACE, Astro is a framework (discussed at PhoneGap Day US) that allows the use of native UI elements within hybrid Cordova apps. Mobify Holly Schinsky recommends 20+ Docs and Guides for Front-end Developers (No. 7) — 20+ learning resources, interactive playgrounds, and other goodies for front-end learning. SitePoint Holly Schinsky recommends New in Cordova 6: App Starter Templates — Apache Cordova 6 was released last week at PhoneGap Day and includes a new useful template feature, read on for details on how to use. Medium - Modus Create Brian Rinaldi recommends iOS App Distribution in 7 Steps — Rob Lauer provides a detailed walkthrough for developers in the process of distributing their iOS apps for testing or for sale in the marketplace. Telerik Developer Network Job listing Stop Applying to Jobs - Let Companies Apply to You — On Hired, sign up in 10 minutes and get offers from top companies like Facebook, Uber, & Stripe. Engineers get an average of 5 offers on the platform in 1 week. Try it today. Hired.com 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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