This Week in Mobile Web Development (#130)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly October 19, 2016   #130 Holly Schinsky recommends Mobile Web Performance Checklist — A variety of best practices for optimizing mobile web apps taken from Max Firtman’s book, High Performance Mobile Web. Max Firtman Chris Brandrick recommends Introducing Chrome Canary for Android — Android now has its own version of the bleeding edge, developer-focused version of Chrome. Builds will ship every day. Google Sponsored Tabris.js 1.10 is here — Now with WebSockets support, app header branding and more. Developing native apps in JavaScript is easy! Tabris.js Brian Rinaldi recommends Why AMP is Fast — A list of all of the various optimizations that are applied to AMP-based documents. Malte Ubl Peter Cooper recommends Swip: A Library to Create Multi Device Experiments — Expand canvases or active Web page space across multiple device screens placed next to each other. Paul Sonnentag Brian Rinaldi recommends Progressive Enhancement Isn’t Dead, But It Smells Funny — Nolan argues that the “HTML-first” progressive enhancement (i.e. without JS) fits a narrow view that may no longer be applicable to the modern web. Nolan Lawson Holly Schinsky recommends Google Launches Firebase Cloud Messaging for the Web — Google extends support for their Firebase Cloud Messaging service to desktop and mobile web to allow developers to send push notifications. Jordan Novet Brian Rinaldi recommends A Priority+ Navigation With Scrolling and Dropdowns — A quick look at how to apply the priority+ design pattern to a navigation menu within a responsive layout. Micah Miller-Eshleman Holly Schinsky recommends Making Mobile Apps Smarter with Geofence Technology — Combining user information with location aware technology to create a personalized user experience. Mathijs Hoek Holly Schinsky recommends Creating Role Based Authentication with Passport in Ionic 2 - Part 2 — Part 2 of a tutorial on how to create a role-based authentication system with Ionic 2 using Passport. Josh Morony Brian Rinaldi recommends “Offline First” with Service Worker (Building a PWA) — The first in a series where Ire walks through the process of turning her blog into a PWA. Ire Aderinokun Chris Brandrick recommends Google’s AMP Reviewed As A Developer — Considering the good and bad parts of AMP as a developer and site owner. Yvo Schaap Holly Schinsky recommends Building Network-Friendly Single-Page Apps — A look at some common network-related performance problems developers experience when using single-page app (SPA) frameworks, with tips on how to address them. Clay Smith Brian Rinaldi recommends Kendo UI Grid Filtering with Querystrings — Matt Millican offers a solution to filtering the Kendo UI Grid that has the benefits of AJAX data loading, but remembers the user’s current criteria. Telerik Developer Network Holly Schinsky recommends Jekyll Progressive Web App Starter Kit Generator — An open-source tool for generating static websites using Jekyll with Progressive Web App (PWA) features and full test coverage. Gizra Holly Schinsky recommends Why Does The Washington Post’s Progressive Web App Increase Engagement on iOS? — The Washington Post’s PWA has seen near 5x increase in user engagement on iOS though iOS doesn’t support PWAs. CloudFour Chris Brandrick recommends How Mobile Has Changed The Way We Search, Based On 10+ Years of Eye-Tracking Studies — “Mobile devices have habitually conditioned searchers to scan vertically more than horizontally. This has translated to desktop search as well.” Kristi Kellogg Holly Schinsky recommends AMP-Enabled Web Pages Are Loading Much Faster, Google Says Jaikumar Vijayan Sponsored Don't Love Your Job? You Should - Try Hired and Find the Right Fit. — Hired puts the power back in your hands, by having companies apply to you, not the other way around. With Hired you only talk to companies you're interested in. Hired 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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