This Week in Mobile Web Development (#121)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly August 17, 2016   #121 Chris Brandrick recommends Designing for "Weird Browsers" — A well-produced, illustration slidedeck packed with thoughts on designing Web experiences for “weird browsers”, such as those found on game consoles, fridges, smartwatches, and TVs. Niels Leenheer Holly Schinsky recommends Web-native Mobile App Frameworks: How to Sort Through The Choices — A review of mobile app development solutions, what they have to offer, and the current state of tooling to help you choose what to use for your next app. Maximiliano Firtman Brian Rinaldi recommends A Beginner's Guide To Progressive Web Apps — What is a progressive web app, why should you build one, and how to build your first one. Kevin Farrugia Sponsored Stop wasting time - know what you'll earn before the interview — On Hired, sign up in 10 minutes and get offers from top companies like GitHub, Uber, & Stripe. Engineers get an average of 5 offers on the platform in 1 week Hired.com Peter Cooper recommends Offline Storage for Progressive Web Apps — “2016 will hopefully be the year we build for network resilience.” Addy Osmani Brian Rinaldi recommends Survey: Android’s Lead is Consolidated — Android has caught up with iOS in developers’ preference in North America and Western Europe and has a lead in the rest of the world according to the latest survey from VisionMobile. InfoQ Chris Brandrick recommends Smooth as Butter: Achieving 60 FPS Animations with CSS3 — Tips for getting the most out of your Web animations performance-wise. José Rosário Holly Schinsky recommends Upload Pictures to Firebase Storage From Ionic Framework Camera — Learn how to use the Cordova Camera Plugin with Ionic Native to take photos in your Ionic 2 app and upload them to Firebase Storage. Jorge Vergara Brian Rinaldi recommends React Native at Artsy — Artsy dove into React Native six months ago for their app and this post looks at the pros, cons and lessons learned. Artsy Engineering Chris Brandrick recommends A Glimpse Into The Future With React Native For Web — React went from the Web to native with React Native, but now we have React Native for Web which brings React Native’s predictable components to the Web. Clayton Anderson Brian Rinaldi recommends Using Android Background Services in NativeScript — A look at how Android Background Services behave in a NativeScript application, and guidelines for writing your own implementations. Peter Kanev Holly Schinsky recommends Why Ionic is Ideal for the Enterprise — How Ionic has proven to be a great fit for enterprise apps by enabling high performance and familiar UI across multiple platforms. Todd Halfpenny Brian Rinaldi recommends Designing Responsive Progressive Web Apps — Because PWAs blur the line between the web and app, the question is, “What do users expect from these new apps?” Jason Grigsby Holly Schinsky recommends Communicating with Bluetooth Low Energy Devices in Cordova — Wern Ancheta shows how to to communicate with bluetooth low energy devices in a Cordova-based app. Sitepoint Brian Rinaldi recommends Progressive Web Apps Running As Native OS X Apps — The PWAify project provides a solution for PWAs on desktop until browsers develop support. Vlad Filippov Brian Rinaldi recommends Create High Quality Mobile Apps with Ionic & Visual Studio — Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO) introduced a new set of Ionic 2 templates and an update to an existing template. The Visual Studio Blog Sponsored Write Better Apps in Angular 2: Rangle’s Online Training Program — Rangle offers this free Angular 2 online training program for JavaScript developers. Register now to join the session on September 20-21! RANGLE.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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