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Developing Mobile Web Apps: When, Why, and How
Developing Mobile Web Apps:
When, Why, and How
Hey
guys! Moving to a slightly different genre over here: I'm glad to share about
this collaboration I have with Toptal,
a tech company that's been around for about 5 years now, and they cover a
variety of topics including programming, finance, business and digital design.
You’ll also be interested to know about all their in-depth and high-quality
articles that were written by their top-tier web developers and designers. I am
a fan of their articles, since my day job is on the Information Communications
Technology ICT side.
First
on the list (of many more to come!) is this very interesting article about
Mobile Web Applications. If you are like me who dreams about being the next
Instagram owner, or perhaps Snapchat, why not, then this post would be a nice
starting point to learn. It’s focus talks about mobile app development at its
finest – heard of the Web vs. native vs. hybrid mobile apps? It’s time to help
me choose which one is the best!
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Developing Mobile Web Apps:
When, Why, and How
There
are 6.8 billion people on the planet, 5.1 billion of whom own a cell phone (source).
And today, an ever-growing percentage of these devices are smartphones.
According to a recent Pew Research Center Study,
the number of users accessing the Internet on their smartphones has more than
doubled in the past 5 years, as has the number of users downloading and using mobile apps. Of those who use
the Internet or email on their phones, more than a third go online primarily
through their handheld devices.
Indeed,
mobile computing is becoming increasingly ubiquitous… and it’s awesome.
Except,
of course, when it’s not.
As
a mobile device user, few things are as frustrating and difficult to
fat-finger-navigate as a poorly designed mobile web or native app.
And
as a mobile app
developer, few things can be as intensely irritating
as striving to support as wide a range of mobile clients as possible, each of
which has its own frustrating set of idiosyncrasies. Whether you choose to
develop a mobile web, native, or hybrid app, the quest to support multiple mobile browsers, more-exotic devices, and
platforms can be quite a gut wrenching experience indeed.
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