This Week in Mobile Web Development (#105)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly April 27, 2016   #105 Chris Brandrick recommends The Web is DOOM — The average Web page weight now equals that of the original DOOM game install from the 90s. Ronan Cremin Brian Rinaldi recommends Chrome Reaches 1 Billion Monthly Mobile Users with 50th Release Kellen Beck Holly Schinsky recommends Solve Layout Problems: Guide to Flexbox — Wes Bos explains the fundamental concepts behind Flexbox and how to easily use it for creating responsive layouts. Creative Bloq Brian Rinaldi recommends Wait! The Web Isn't Dead After All. Google Made Sure of It — The app universe and the web are not mutually exclusive. We use the both. Just maybe, the web is more alive than ever. Cade Metz Sponsored by Hired.com Work on a Better Stack — On Hired, engineers typically get 5+ job offers in 1 week. Find that new opportunity you've been craving and get access to 3,500+ companies instantly. Hired.com Peter Cooper recommends Publishers Find Google's AMP Speeds Up Pages, But Ads Are Still Slow — The mobile web is getting faster thanks to Google’s AMP program, but the ads are still slow to load. Digiday Holly Schinsky recommends All You Need to Know About Web Rendering — An explanation of the web rendering process including practical advice to help you optimize your own apps. Ilya Pestov Chris Brandrick recommends The Tilde CSS Selector, Use Carefully — Tips on how to avoid misusing the tilde selector. Martin Falkus Chris Brandrick recommends Hover On Touch: JavaScript Plugin for An Alternative Hover Function on Mobile Devices — A pure Javascript Plugin for an alternative hover function on mobile devices. It shows secondary information on Taphold and goes to a link on Tap. Vinzenz Aubry Peter Cooper recommends Angular 2 + React Native: The Best of Both Worlds? — Angular and React? Here’s a look at work being done to render Angular 2 apps with React Native to make cross-platform native app development easier. Angular Team Brian Rinaldi recommends Designing an Alternative to the Hamburger Menu Scott Jensen Design Holly Schinsky recommends Introducing: Star Track by PhoneGap — Star Track is a new app based on the Spotify API and Framework7 with a goal of helping users get started building their first hybrid app quickly. PhoneGap Blog Brian Rinaldi recommends Use The Device Camera In An Ionic 2 Android And iOS App — Learn how to take pictures using the Android and iOS camera in an Ionic 2 TypeScript cross platform application. Nic Raboy Holly Schinsky recommends Integrating Ionic 2 with the Dropbox API – Part 2 — In part 2 Josh shows how to implement authentication by adding a login screen to trigger the Dropbox OAuth 2 flow and retrieve a user’s access token. Josh Morony Brian Rinaldi recommends Mobile Ad Blocking Is Real, But New Data Suggests It Might Not Matter — While mobile ad blocking apps initially caused a dip in number of ads, it’s since rebounded, according to a new report. Patrick Kulp Chris Brandrick recommends The Importance of Bottom Navigation — How research on mobile device use can improve mobile UX design. Joe Hewitson Holly Schinsky recommends On Paid App Store Search Results Marco Arment Holly Schinsky recommends The Complete Ionic Push Notifications Guide — A new version of this guide is now available to help you implement push notifications with the latest version of Ionic and the PhoneGap Push Plugin. Devdactic Holly Schinsky recommends PhoneGap Build now supports Windows 10 and PhoneGap CLI 6.1.0 — PhoneGap Build now supports Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 for building apps (previously only Win Phone 8.1 was supported). PhoneGap Build Brian Rinaldi recommends Adblocking is Helping The Digital Sharks Eat The Minnows - What's The Solution? — Ad blocking software companies are allowing big name advertisers to buy their way out of being blocked, all while the revenue of some small sites has been cut in half or worse. Andrew Brown Holly Schinsky recommends Announcing the Release of Ionic 2 Beta 6 — Ionic 2 Beta 6 includes new features like Virtual Scroll, a Loading component, Theming, Hardware Back Button handling and more. The Official Ionic Blog Sponsored by GONATIVE.IO Convert existing websites to native Android & iOS apps, no changes required — Check our examples, or try it out for free! GONATIVE.IO 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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