Mobile Dev Weekly Issue 135: November 30, 2016

November 30, 2016 #135

Peter Cooper recommends

Google's Progressive Web App Checklist — A checklist which breaks down all the things Google thinks it takes to be a ‘Baseline’ PWA, and how to take that a step further with an Exemplary PWA.
Google Developers

Holly Schinsky recommends

Native Apps Are Doomed, Part 2 — Part 2 to a previous article about why it’s important for developers to determine the specific needs of their mobile app before choosing a distribution path.
Eric Elliott

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Is Google's AMP A Gilded Cage? — Terence warns that if you choose to opt out of AMP after trying it out, you may find it difficult to remove your AMP pages from Google’s index.
Terence Eden

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Chris Brandrick recommends

Hamburger Menu Alternatives for Mobile Navigation — A look at tabs, dropdowns, progressively collapsing menus, and more.
Zoltan Kollin

Brian Rinaldi recommends

How to Turn Your Website Into A Mobile Web App — A presentation about getting started with Progressive Web Apps.
Bruce Lawson

Brian Rinaldi recommends

NativeScript 2.4 Announcement — NativeScript 2.4 includes a new default theme, background threads/web workers, flexbox support and more.
NativeScript.org

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Firefox Focus: A New Private Browser for iOS — By default it blocks many of the trackers that follow you around the web.
Nick Nguyen

Peter Cooper recommends

New Responsive Design Mode: RDM Lands in Firefox Dev Tools — Firefox Developer Tools now includes a redesigned Responsive Design Mode.
Mozilla Hacks

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Working with RESTful Data in Angular 2 and NativeScript — How to build a native mobile app with NativeScript and Angular 2 that consumes data from an external data source supplying JSON.
Nic Raboy

Holly Schinsky recommends

Pure CSS Horizontal Scrolling — How to tackle horizontal scrolling in your mobile apps with pure CSS.
Pieter Biesemans

Holly Schinsky recommends

Ionic 2 App with Social Sharing and Deep Linking — How to build a hybrid app with social sharing and deep linking in Ionic 2.
Dayana Jabif

Peter Cooper recommends

Production PWAs with Frameworks — Addy Osmani works through building Progressive Web Apps with different common development frameworks. 47 minutes.
Chrome Dev Summit 2016

Holly Schinsky recommends

Build a Custom Flash Card Component in Ionic 2 — A walk through tutorial covering how to build a custom flash card component using Ionic 2 and CSS animations. 18 minutes.
Joshua Morony

Holly Schinsky recommends

10 Rules for Creating a Mobile Look and Feel — Ten tips for creating the most appealing user experience for your mobile apps.
Gonçalo Veiga

Chris Brandrick recommends

Realm: An Object-Centric, Present-Day Database for Mobile Apps — The first post in a series on the Realm Mobile Database — highlights some of the benefits of Realm’s database engine and the native classes it lets developers work with.
Marin Todorov

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Responsive Web Design Tricks and Tips — Some design-focused tips when creating layouts for mobile devices.
Jeff Cardello

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Firefox OS Post-Mortem, An Interview with Andre Garzia — A look back at what was right with Firefox OS, what went wrong in the end and what can we learn from the experience.
Elio Qoshi