#178: Cross-Platform App Dev Tools Compared

Read this on the Web Mobile Dev Weekly October 4, 2017   #178 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 CSS Grid Gotchas And Stumbling Blocks — CSS Grid is such a different way of approaching Web layout that a variety of questions often pop up, some of which are answered here. Rachel Andrew 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 Holly Schinsky recommends Using Preact as a React Alternative — Ahmed Bouchefra takes a look at Preact, a lightweight version of React with a growing community that’s well suited to high-performance apps and slow 2G networks. Ahmed Bouchefra Brian Rinaldi recommends How to Use iOS 11 Safari's Feature Flags — iOS 11 lets you enable a variety of ‘experimental features’ for the Safari browser, including Web Animations support and support for display: contents. Robin Rendle Brian Rinaldi recommends Walmart Labs Open Sources Its Tool for Bringing React Native to Existing Mobile Apps Frederic Lardinois Brian Rinaldi recommends 'safe-area-inset' Values on iOS 11 — safe-area-inset prevents your site from being covered by the iPhone 'notch', but it may misfire whenever the user zooms in. Peter-Paul Koch Holly Schinsky recommends Creating Mobile Web Apps with Framework7 and Marionette.js Luiz Américo Pereira Câmara Holly Schinsky recommends 8 Reasons to Develop A Progressive Web App — What makes PWAs so attractive and why should you be using them? Ian Naylor Sponsored 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 Node.js for Mobile Apps: Full-Fledged Node for Android and iOS — Offers a Node execution environment running in a background thread inside your app. Alexis Campailla Chris Brandrick recommends Weex: A Framework for Building Mobile Cross-Platform UIs — You write Vue.js-style code using JavaScript, but it’s native ‘under the hood’. Apache Software Foundation Brian Rinaldi recommends Size Limit: Make The Web Lighter — Size Limit is an npm-based tool to warn you about JavaScript libraries’ bloat (which can be especially important on mobile). Andy Barnov and Andrey Sitnik 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