This Week in Mobile Web Development (#134)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly November 16, 2016   #134 Brian Rinaldi recommends The Diminishing Use Case of Hybrid Apps — TJ VanToll says that, while hybrid isn’t going away, use cases that it once fit are better served by progressive web apps or JavaScript-driven native apps. TJ VanToll Brian Rinaldi recommends Rethinking Text Input on Touch Screens — Chris argues that we’ve used a 200 year old typewriter technology for text input on touch devices and it doesn’t work well. Two Wrongs Brian Rinaldi recommends Lazy Loading Responsive Adsense Ads — Osvaldus Valutis looks at what can done to improve the loading of ads when optimizing your site. CSS Tricks Sponsored Write better apps in Angular 2 with Rangle’s online training sessions — Eight hours of detailed Angular 2 training, accessible from anywhere in the world. Register to join Rangle’s FREE Angular 2 online course for JavaScript developers on November 22-23. Rangle.io Holly Schinsky recommends How to Build a WebSocket Multi-Client Chat using Ionic and Node.JS — Learn how to build a complete multi-client chat app using Ionic and node.js on the backend. London App Developer Peter Cooper recommends Build the Next Generation Mobile Web — A fun 90 second ad/teaser from Google about how we need a ‘next generation Mobile Web’. Google Chrome Developers Brian Rinaldi recommends Simulate Slow Connections with The Network Throttling Tool — Firefox DevTools has now a network throttling tool to simulate slow connections. Firefox Nightly News Peter Cooper recommends Google Expands AMP, As It Presents A Friendly Face to Publishers — The search giant acknowledged it needs to do more to help publishers monetize their fast-loading mobile pages. Digiday Holly Schinsky recommends AppPresser 3: Make Apps from WordPress Sites — With big improvements for your Wordpress apps, including a new visual app builder, custom pages, free push notifications, and more. Scott Bolinger Brian Rinaldi recommends Desktop Hybrid Apps, Plugins, and IonicNative — A high level look at the concept of having one codebase for hybrid mobile and desktop apps using Ionic. Todd Halfpenny Holly Schinsky recommends PhoneGap Europe Tour (Dec 5-8 in London and Paris) — The PhoneGap team are coming to Europe to present at various meetup groups. PhoneGap Blog Brian Rinaldi recommends Rethinking Responsive Design — Una argues that the future of responsive design is about much more than screens, including things like VR and physical web. Una Kravets Brian Rinaldi recommends Where Are The World's Best Open Device Labs? — There is no replacement for testing on real devices, and a device lab near you can help you do this. Gemma Church Brian Rinaldi recommends Progressive Web Apps: The Definitive Collection of Resources — A collection of resources from around the web covering the various aspects of building PWAs. Bruce Lawson and Shwetank Dixit Brian Rinaldi recommends Building Indexable Progressive Web Apps — How to make sure that your PWA is both indexable and linkable for improved SEO. Tom Greenaway Sponsored Job Offers Without the Hassle - Try Hired — Sick of pushy recruiters, and dead end interviews? Try Hired to hear from over 4,000 innovative companies looking for their next great team member. Hired Curated by Brian Rinaldi and Holly Schinsky for Cooperpress. Cooperpress 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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