Mobile Dev Weekly Issue 188: December 20, 2017

December 20, 2017 #188

2017 is almost over and in this special end of year issue, we're looking back at the most popular links of the year. They're mobile Web focused as that's what we covered until recently. Enjoy! We hope you have a great holiday season.
- The Mobile Dev Weekly team (Peter, Holly, Brian, Chris and Za'e)

Holly Schinsky recommends

Cross-Platform Mobile App Development Tools Compared — Summaries and pros and cons of Cordova, Phonegap, Ionic, Framework 7, Weex, React Native, NativeScript, Flutter, Jasonette, and Manifold.
Stanley Idesis

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Safari Service Workers and Other PWA Good News Stories — There’s been a lot of good news for fans of PWAs across 2017 and this post summed much of it up.
Ruadhán O'Donoghue

Chris Brandrick recommends

The Web Share API Arrived in 2017: Here's How to Use It — This JavaScript API, added in this year's Chrome 61, lets you implement native sharing capabilities from your mobile web app.
Mark Muskardin

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Database Performance Monitoring Buyer’s Guide — This guide is designed to aid when evaluating database monitoring solutions for your unique environment.
VividCortex

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android: What Developers Need to Know — Microsoft Edge came to iOS and Android this year (using WebKit on iOS and Blink on Android) so it pays to support it well.
Sean Lyndersay

Peter Cooper recommends

Production Progressive Web Apps with JS Frameworks — In this session from Google I/O, Addy Osmani covered PWA best practices, patterns for efficiently loading websites and the latest tools for getting fast and staying fast.
Google Chrome Developers

Chris Brandrick recommends

Why 'Mobile First' May Already Be Outdated — If “mobile first” is our future, why are almost all the most successful mobile driven businesses building web apps designed for larger screens?
Paul Adams

Chris Brandrick recommends

6 Myths of Progressive Web Apps — Busting some of the common myths surrounding PWAs.
Peter O'Shaughnessy

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

Holly Schinsky recommends

A Big List of Progressive Web App Tips & Tricks — Helpful tips, tricks and gotchas to help you when building your next Progressive Web App.
Dean Hume

Chris Brandrick recommends

Where in the World is Mobile Development? — A global view of where mobile development happens based on Stack Overflow data.
Jason Punyon

Holly Schinsky recommends

10 Frameworks for Mobile Hybrid Apps — A list of ten useful frameworks to help build mobile hybrid apps.
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