#175: Putting the 'App' in Progressive Web Apps

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly September 13, 2017   #175 Change is coming :-) On October 4th, we're renaming to Mobile Dev Weekly. We'll continue to cover Web and hybrid topics, but will break them out into their own sections and add a 'general' mobile practices section. We hope this will make it easier for you to read and more valuable too. - The Mobile Web Weekly team (Peter, Holly, Brian, and Chris) Peter Cooper recommends The Web Share API: Native Sharing from the Web — In Chrome 61 for Android, there’s a simple API called Web Share that allows sites to invoke the native sharing capabilities of the host platform. Google Developers Brian Rinaldi recommends Putting the 'App' in Progressive Web Apps — Nicole Saidy offers an overview of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), what they are, which problems they solve, and what makes them apps or app-like. SitePoint 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 Chris Brandrick recommends Stencil: A Tool for Building Modern Web Components — A tool from the Ionic team for creating 100% standards-compliant Custom Elements. Ionic Holly Schinsky recommends Create an Ionic 2 Mobile App with a List, Nested Detail and Form Pattern — How to create an Ionic 2 Contacts app with nested detail and forms. Remo de Knikker Chris Brandrick recommends Basecamp 3 for iOS's Hybrid Architecture — “Native or web isn’t a binary choice, but instead a spectrum.” Zach Waugh Chris Brandrick recommends Experimenting with UIs Across Multiple Devices with Polymer — Learn how to use Polymer to experiment with apps across multiple devices. Filmed at Polymer Summit 2017. Maria Hussman Chris Brandrick recommends Google Adds AMP Based Featured Snippets to Mobile Search Results — Now AMP pages can rank in Google’s position ‘zero’ but Google says AMP is still not a ranking factor. Barry Schwartz Holly Schinsky recommends Mastering Framework7 v2 Router — A look at some of the most interesting new features in V2 Router. Framework7 Chris Brandrick recommends Smartphones Are Driving All Growth in Web Traffic — However, all this smartphone traffic hasn’t translated to traffic on smartphone apps. Recode Holly Schinsky recommends Creating Progressive Web Apps with Angular — Part one in a series on building Progressive Web Apps with Angular. Ahsan Ayaz Holly Schinsky recommends A React And Preact Progressive Web App Performance Case Study: Treebo — A case study on performance of a Progressive Web App built with React and then Preact. Addy Osmani Brian Rinaldi recommends Building a Small PWA with Preact and Firebase — Live demo. Associated repo. Dan Denney Brian Rinaldi recommends Shipping React Native Apps with Fastlane — How to automate the release process for iOS and Android apps using Fastlane. Carlos Cuesta Holly Schinsky recommends Tablet vs. Smartphone: What Are The Key Differences in UX and Behavior? — Four key differences that shape user experience on a smartphone vs a tablet to keep in mind when building your mobile apps. Appsee Sponsored $20 Free on a new Linode account — Linux cloud hosting starting at 1GB of RAM for $5/mo. Use promo code MOBILEWEB20 for $20 credit. Linode Cloud Hosting Chris Brandrick recommends Updating Your Mobile UIs for iPhone X, the Newest iPhone NIELS Holly Schinsky recommends Creating an Asynchronous Loading Image Component in React Native Wyatt McBain Holly Schinsky recommends 3 Things You Can Do Right Now to Improve Ionic and Firebase Performance Jorge Vergara Curated by Brian Rinaldi and Holly Schinsky for Cooperpress. Cooperpress is located at Office 30, Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK Update your email address or stop receiving MWW here