This Week in Mobile Web Development (#136)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly December 7, 2016   #136 Brian Rinaldi recommends CSS Grid, Finally Coming to a Browser Near You — CSS Grid is going to become supported-by-default in Chrome and Firefox in March of 2017. Eric Meyer answers a variety of questions about it here. Eric Meyer Holly Schinsky recommends Installing Web Apps On Phones (for Real) — Changes coming to Chrome+Android will make it so that "Add to Homescreen" creates an actual APK fully integrated into the OS. Henrik Joreteg Chris Brandrick recommends Best Practices For Animated Progress Indicators — Nick Babich explores the main types of animated progress indicators and provides recommendations on when and how to use each type. Smashing Magazine Sponsored Learn to develop your next web or mobile application with Angular 2 — Register for Rangle’s FREE Angular 2 online course for JavaScript developers, January 10-11. Eight hours of detailed training, accessible from anywhere in the world, with a video take-away. RANGLE.IO Brian Rinaldi recommends The 100% Correct Way to Do CSS Breakpoints — A look at common mistakes made when choosing breakpoints, usually based on device sizes, and advice on how to better choose them. David Gilbertson Holly Schinsky recommends Service Worker, What Are You? — Service workers as aliens in the browser universe? Another perspective to help understand what they’re all about. Mariko Kosaka Brian Rinaldi recommends NativeScript Deepens Ties to Angular 2 — The JavaScript framework’s 2017 roadmap includes accommodations for Chrome tools and Windows 10. Paul Krill Holly Schinsky recommends Create a Nearby Places List with Google Maps in Ionic 2 — Learn how to build an app that lists nearby places using Google Maps & Ionic 2. Josh Morony Holly Schinsky recommends Build a WhatsApp Clone with Ionic 2, Angular 2, and Meteor — Meteor has released two new versions of its WhatsApp tutorial using Ionic2, Angular 2 and the latest version of Meteor. Uri Goldshtein Brian Rinaldi recommends Focusing on Fewer Things — Some Ionic services are changing in an effort to focus more energy on Ionic 2 and core services. Max Lynch Holly Schinsky recommends Getting Started with React Native in 20 Minutes — How to get started building apps with React Native by building a simple login app with cookie management in under 20 minutes. Scott Domes Holly Schinsky recommends How to Query AngularFire2 Lists From Your Ionic 2 App — Learn how to query Angularfire2 lists from your Ionic 2 apps, as easy as passing a query object to AngularFire2. Jorge Vergara Chris Brandrick recommends Pull to Refresh.js — A small, customizable, dependency-free JavaScript library to power your webapp’s pull to refresh feature. Box Factura Brian Rinaldi recommends The Case Against Progressive Enhancement's Flimsy Moral Foundation — A controversial argument that progressive enhancement is based on a moral philosophy that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. Good discussion in the comments. Josh Korr 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 Brian Rinaldi recommends A Social Example of Ionic Auth — Using the Ionic Auth service and Ionic 2 with a social login option via Twitter and Facebook. Raymond Camden Brian Rinaldi recommends AMP Cache Updates — Google is changing the domain scheme from which AMP cached content is served for an improved security model. Publishers will need to make some updates. John Coiner Holly Schinsky recommends Apple Could Lose Billions On Progressive Web Apps, But It Has No Choice — There are many reasons for Apple to say no to Progressive Web Apps, but the company won’t allow Android to offer a better user experience on the mobile web. Matt Asay 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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