This Week in Mobile Web Development (#147)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly March 1, 2017   #147 Peter Cooper recommends Progressive Web App Libraries in Production — “In 2017, if you aren’t taking advantage of Service Workers, you’re leaving performance wins for returning users on the table.” Addy Osmani Holly Schinsky recommends Touch Devices Should Not Be Judged By Their Size — Media queries aren’t always enough when designing for touch screens, but a new Interaction Media spec can help by detecting pointing device and hover capabilities. Andres Galante Brian Rinaldi recommends Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages Now Accounts for 7% of Traffic to Big US Publishers — According to data released by Adobe Analytics, Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) now accounts for a significant and growing portion of traffic to major publishers. Rich McCormick Sponsored Learn to develop your next web or mobile application with ReactJS — Register for Rangle’s free React online course for developers on March 31. The second of a three-part series, this course is designed for developers interested in diving into the React library. Rangle.io Holly Schinsky recommends How to Build Your Own Progressive Image Loader — A handy technique for progressive image loading to provide the best performance in your hybrid mobile apps. Craig Buckler Brian Rinaldi recommends Why I Love Element Queries and You Should Too — What makes element queries powerful and how you can get started using them with the EQCSS plugin. Tommy Hodgins Chris Brandrick recommends Nokia’s 3310 Returns to Life As A Modern Classic — Basic web use is achieved via the bundled Opera Mini browser, running over a 2.5G connection. Tom Warren Peter Cooper recommends How to Build an Ionic 2 App with Native Plugin Integrations Coding Sans Brian Rinaldi recommends Great Alternatives to Hamburger Menus — How to make your navigation obvious and keep people engaged. Mobiscroll Chris Brandrick recommends Sneak Preview of NativeScript 3.0 — Georgi Atanasov gives us a sneak preview of NativeScript 3.0, due out in mid-April. NativeScript Peter Cooper recommends How to Make Your App a PWA Mirosław Ciastek Holly Schinsky recommends Increasing Performance with Efficient DOM Writes in Ionic 2 Josh Morony Brian Rinaldi recommends Introduction to Ionic 2 — A look at what’s new and changed between Ionic 1 and 2 and whether you should choose Ionic 2 for your project. Wernher-Bel Ancheta Holly Schinsky recommends Ionic Split Panel Component — An in-depth look at the split panel component recently released by Ionic. Chris Griffith Holly Schinsky recommends How to Install 3rd Party Libraries in Ionic 2 Joshua Morony Brian Rinaldi recommends CSS Grid: Learning New Layout - Responsive — A quick comparison of the code necessary to create a grid with and without CSS Grid support. Susan Robertson Holly Schinsky recommends A Roundup of Vue.js-Supporting Mobile Hybrid App Frameworks — A roundup of hybrid mobile frameworks supporting Vue.js 2.0. Alligator.io Holly Schinsky recommends Testing on Multiple Form factors — Maya-kai mirrors gestures and user interactions in React Native applications, making it useful for testing apps on devices with different screen sizes at the same time. Parashuram N Peter Cooper recommends Design a Perfect Search Box — How this element can be improved in order to save the user time in going where they want. Nick Babich Brian Rinaldi recommends spacegrid: A Basic, Responsive Grid Layout Jonathan Speek 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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