📱 #179: Microsoft Edge Coming to iOS and Android

Read this on the Web Mobile Dev Weekly October 11, 2017   #179 Brian Rinaldi recommends Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android: What Developers Need to Know — Microsoft Edge is coming to iOS and Android and (unsurprisingly) uses WebKit on iOS but on Android it uses the Blink rendering engine from Chromium. Sean Lyndersay Chris Brandrick recommends Introducing Cloud Firestore: Google's New Document Database for Apps — A fully-managed NoSQL document database for mobile and web app development. Alex Dufetel Sponsored Linux cloud hosting starting at 1GB of RAM for $5/mo — Get a Linode server up and running in seconds. Simply choose your plan, distro and location and you’re ready to deploy your server. Get $20 credit on a new account. Linode Cloud Hosting Peter Cooper recommends Microsoft Gives Up On Windows 10 Mobile — The technology company says it struggled to convince others to make mobile apps for the platform. BBC News Mobile Web Brian Rinaldi recommends iPhone X Notch Advice for Web Developers — A look at options for handling the iPhone X and Essential PH-1 phone notches. Ruadhán O'Donoghue Holly Schinsky recommends Getting A High Progressive Web App Score On React and Material-UI — Basic techniques used to get a high score for a sample app based on a stack of React, Redux and Material-UI. Denis Degtiarev Brian Rinaldi recommends Designing Layouts - Flexbox — A look at using flexbox to align, layout and distribute space among elements. The Practical Dev Holly Schinsky recommends UI Design for iPhone X: Top Elements and the Notch — How to deal with top elements and the notch when designing for the iPhone X. Max Rudberg Holly Schinsky recommends The New Ease of Building App-Like, Reliable and Engaging Web Apps — Using Angular and Cloud Firestore (Google’s new database for Firebase) to create a basic PWA in less than 1 hour. Josua Bücher Holly Schinsky recommends Supporting Offline Users: What Happens When it Breaks? John Kleinschmidt Holly Schinsky recommends Service Worker Gotchas — Potential pitfalls to be aware of and understand when using service workers. Osvaldas Valutis Holly Schinsky recommends Trivago Embrace Progressive Web Apps As The Future of Mobile — Trivago invests in Progressive Web Apps to create a better, more stable mobile experience. Think with Google Sponsored The Essential Guide to Queueing Theory — Queueing theory is one of the best ways to boost performance. This ebook demystifies the subject without pages full of equations. VividCortex Hybrid Apps Brian Rinaldi recommends WKWebView for All: A New Webview for Ionic — All new Ionic apps will run on WKWebView by default. Mike Hartington Holly Schinsky recommends Electrode Native: The Platform For Integrating React Native Into Your Apps — Electrode Native offers a streamlined integration of React Native into existing mobile apps. Alex Grigoryan Brian Rinaldi recommends NativeScript UI is Now Free — Here's How to Get Started — NativeScript UI is now 100% free and this article shows how to get started with the UI controls. TJ VanToll Native Development Peter Cooper recommends Matcha: Build iOS and Android Apps with Go — Matcha provides UI components in a way similar to React Native and exposes bindings to Objective-C and Java code. Kevin Dang Holly Schinsky recommends How To Develop Mobile Apps for IoT: 12 Things You Should Know About Max Sushchuk Holly Schinsky recommends The 10 Commandments of Mobile App Design — Ten tried and true aspects of mobile app design that any developer or designer should follow to create an awesome app. Angelica Valentine Chris Brandrick recommends SwiftFest 2017 Conference - Coming to Boston in November — A community-driven event focused on new perspectives about Swift and the iOS dev ecosystem. Register with the code SWIFT3 for 10% off. Double Espresso 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 MDW here