This Week in Mobile Web Development (#150)

Mobile Web Weekly March 22, 2017   #150 Brian Rinaldi recommends Retrofit Your Site as a Progressive Web App — A short, sweet and practical guide showing how to convert an existing site to a simple PWA. Craig Buckler Holly Schinsky recommends Chrome 58 Beta Allows for Full Screen PWAs — With Chrome 57 featuring big leaps for PWAs on Android, version 58 continues by enabling immersive full screen experiences and full support for IndexedDB 2.0. 9to5Google Sponsored Pro Ember.js: An advanced 2-day training event in Berlin — We'll tackle progressive web apps, modular architecture patterns, performance tuning, authentication & more! simplabs Holly Schinsky recommends Top 10 Progressive Web App Videos: Get Up to Speed Fast — The current state of progressive web apps and how to build them. Mitch Pronschinske Chris Brandrick recommends How to Send an SMS and Make Phone Calls with Angular NativeScript — Paul runs through how you can add SMS support to your NativeScript application. Paul Halliday Brian Rinaldi recommends Create a Realtime Chat interface with NativeScript, Firebase and Angular — Jen expands her Twitter for Cats demo with a realistic chat UI similar to the one on Twitter using Firebase’s realtime features. Jen Looper Holly Schinsky recommends Mobile UX Anti-Patterns: Pinterest’s Confusing Tab Bar — Tab bars are easy to access and make navigation fast, but will only be effective if when designed to be straightforward and descriptive. Patrick Petrovic Brian Rinaldi recommends Tabris.js 2 Now Supports Windows 10 Apps — A cross-platform ‘mobile apps with JavaScript’ framework. Tim Buschtöns Brian Rinaldi recommends New Split Pane and More: Ionic 2.2.0 Is Out — Includes an update for Angular 2.4.8 support as well as a new split pane for responsive apps. The Official Ionic Blog Holly Schinsky recommends Building a Lunch Recommendation App with React Native — A thorough tutorial with an accompanying 15 minute screencast. Shoutem Holly Schinsky recommends Build A Chat App in 20 Minutes with Vue.js, PhoneGap and Framework7 Timo Ernst Brian Rinaldi recommends Making a Sliding Side Navigation Menu for Responsive Designs — Creating an expandable side navigation menu with JS and CSS. Tom Whitbread Peter Cooper recommends Eruda: A 'Console' for Mobile Browsers — A Chrome DevTools-style panel you can bring up when on mobile devices. liriliri Holly Schinsky recommends Top 5 jQuery UI Alternatives Simon Codrington

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