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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
Chris Brandrick recommends
How to Use Font Awesome in an Ionic Application
Aman Mittal