#174: Google Introduces 'Mobile Web Specialist' Certification

Mobile Web Weekly September 6, 2017   #174 Peter Cooper recommends How to Make Your Responsive Mobile Site Hurt My Heart — A collection of one developer’s ‘most heinous annoyances’ with many modern, responsive mobile sites. Liam Symonds Peter Cooper recommends Building Offline-Friendly Forms — Forms on the web don’t often play nice with bad connections, but here’s an approach to making them more robust. Max Böck Brian Rinaldi recommends Yes, That Web Project Should Be a PWA — .. and here’s why. Most sites can benefit from becoming a PWA — and your users will benefit too. Aaron Gustafson Sponsored 10 Ways to Get Your Boss to Buy You Something — Get Your Boss to Buy You Things ...and look good in the process. A guide to advocating for products effectively. VividCortex Brian Rinaldi recommends Introducing the 'Mobile Web Specialist' Certification by Google Developers — This new certification aims to highlight developers who have in-demand skills as mobile web developers. Sarah Clark Chris Brandrick recommends The Tiny Keyboard Problem: Do People Complete Forms on Their Phones? — “People are 81% more likely to fill out a form if they’re on their desktop computers instead of phones.” Priceonomics Holly Schinsky recommends Why Progressive Web Apps Might Be Just The Thing Microsoft Needs — Microsoft has been working to add the latest web standards features to their browser to support PWA’s. Syed Faraaz Ahmad Holly Schinsky recommends How Can You Acquire More Users with Android Instant Apps? — Instant Apps allows a user to access a cloud-based version of an app on an Android phone without installing it from the Play Store. Erica Louise Holly Schinsky recommends WhatsApp-Like Location Sharing with Ionic — How to add location sharing to your mobile apps built with Ionic. Digvijay Singh Sponsored The 2017 Firebase Summit is coming to Amsterdam 31 October 2017 — Attend technical sessions, instructor-led codelabs & demos, and meet-ups with Firebase developers. Google, Inc. Holly Schinsky recommends Launching An App? Make App Store Optimization A Foundation For Growth — Some advice to help you get a base level of users that you can grow from. Aidan Sliney Chris Brandrick recommends Using Web Components in Ionic Google Chrome Developers Holly Schinsky recommends How to Implement Facebook Login via the Official SDK Albert Gao Brian Rinaldi recommends Progressively Worse Apps — The author argues that asynchronously loaded page elements can cause usability issues on slower connections. Kyle Conroy Chris Brandrick recommends How Is ARCore Better Than ARKit? — Beyond the comparison, there is some good info here on both the basics and the current state of mobile AR. Matt Miesnieks Peter Cooper recommends Using Google AMP for Ecommerce Might Not Be The Best Choice Currently Lesley Paone Brian Rinaldi recommends AMPersand: More Opinions on Google and AMP — Ethan argues that the argument for the AMP project based on page speed is often undercut by its privileged spot in search results. Ethan Marcotte Holly Schinsky recommends Framework7 v2 Beta — Has been rewritten with ES-next syntax, including more highly performant and functional components in the new v2 beta. Vladimir Kharlampidi

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