#182: 9 Principles of Mobile Web Design

Mobile Dev Weekly November 1, 2017   #182 Peter Cooper recommends 9 Principles of Mobile Web Design — Revisiting a golden oldie that tells us to keep menus simple, keep forms short, have obvious calls to action, plus more mobile Web common sense. Kim Speier Brian Rinaldi recommends The Meaning of AMP — Some thoughts on Google’s ‘alternative facts’ over what the AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) project really is. Jeremy Keith Sponsored 2017 Video Developer Report - Free Download — 78% of video developers encode for HLS (56% for DASH) - The majority of developers plan to use HEVC in 2018 - Cloud encoding 45% more popular in US than Europe. Get the full 24 page report. Bitmovin Brian Rinaldi recommends I Watched All The Chrome Dev Summit Videos So You Don’t Have To — The takeaway: Google wants you to build PWAs, reduce JS file size, use Web Components, and configure your forms to support autofill. Dan Fabulich Brian Rinaldi recommends Microsoft's Bold Plan to Bring PWAs to Windows 10 — “I recently spoke with Microsoft’s Jeff Burtoft and Aaron Gustafson about the company’s plans to bring Progressive Web Apps to Windows 10.” Paul Thurrott Holly Schinsky recommends deviceframe: Put Device Frames Around Your Mobile/Web/Progressive App Screenshots Brian Hann Mobile Web Brian Rinaldi recommends A New Day for PWAs — “With Service Worker coming in Safari, the single biggest obstacle to fully adopting Progressive Web Apps is being removed.” Jeff Cross Holly Schinsky recommends Workbox: An Easier Way of Adding A Service Worker to Your Web App — How to use the ‘Workbox’ JavaScript toolbox to easily add service workers to your progressive web apps. Bakani Pilime Chris Brandrick recommends Samsung Internet V6.2 Now Stable — Includes an updated Chromium engine, support for CSS Grid and experimental features (behind flags). Jo Franchetti Chris Brandrick recommends React Native: 4 Steps to Improve Your Workflow As A Mobile Developer — Some tips to boost your productivity when creating mobile apps in React Native. Eliasz Sawicki Brian Rinaldi recommends React Virgin: The React-Native UI Kit You've Been Looking for Trixie Holly Schinsky recommends Combining Graphical And Voice Interfaces For A Better User Experience — An introduction to​ ​multi-modal​ ​interfaces as​ “​a​ ​more​ ​human​ ​way​ ​of​ ​communication​ ​between​ ​user​ ​and​ machine”. David Pasztor Holly Schinsky recommends Consuming Remote Data via HTTP in a Vue App Nic Raboy Hybrid Apps Za'e Johnson recommends Creating Layouts within Ionic using CSS Grid Mastering Ionic Chris Brandrick recommends Ionic: 2017-18 Roadmap — What the next 6 to 12 months looks like for everything Ionic. Max Lynch Chris Brandrick recommends How to Use Font Awesome in an Ionic Application Aman Mittal Native Development Brian Rinaldi recommends Android Studio 3.0 Release — A major release of the official IDE for Android development, including a variety of new features and improvements. Google Brian Rinaldi recommends The Android Oreo 8.1 Developer Preview Is Now Available — Google has released the latest developer preview of Android Oreo. 8.1 will be released in December, but Android Beta Program users can test it now. The Verge Sponsored Best Practices for Architecting Highly Monitorable Applications — Is your application easy to monitor in production? Many applications are, but sadly, some are designed with observability as an afterthought. VividCortex Holly Schinsky recommends Why Your Push Notifications Never See The Light of Day — Push Notifications often fail on specific Android phones, learn why. Neil Mathew Brian Rinaldi recommends Updating Your App for iOS 11 — An overview of the changes required in order to update your app for iOS 11. Doron Katz Brian Rinaldi recommends An Introduction to Native Android and iOS Development with NativeScript Nic Raboy

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