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BuildMobile: Mobile Web Apps: Quick Wins

As we move though the book, we’re going to meet some relatively complex code for recreating native effects and behaviors. Thanks to some (fairly) standard hooks and APIs, however, there are a few tricks we can employ to add a bit of pizzazz to our apps without having to do much work at all. 3.1. Nifty Links For security reasons, mobile web applications are sandboxed away from many built-in features of the mobile device; for example, unlike native apps, they’re not able to retrieve a list of a user’s contacts, or take a photo with the device’s camera (yet). Continue reading

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BuildMobile: Mobile Web Apps: Events

This is another excerpt from the upcoming book “Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices” by Earle Castledine , Myles Eftos and Max Wheeler . BuildMobile is exclusively publishing a complete chapter from the book, the chapter on Mobile Web Apps, this is the second section on Events. 2. Events For many users, the most noticeable difference between a website and a native application is the way each one transitions between screens or pages. Continue reading

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The Mobile Web: Discover the Possibilities

3d-edgeOur new title “Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices” gives you the skills to adapt your sites and create apps for mobile devices, opening the door to some pretty cool opportunities. Continue reading

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BuildMobile: Mobile Web Apps: Setting Up Shop

Thumbnail This is an excerpt from the upcoming book “Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices” by Earle Castledine , Myles Eftos and Max Wheeler . Over the coming weeks BuildMobile will exclusively publish a complete chapter from the book, the chapter on Mobile Web Apps. Enjoy. Continue reading

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8 Tools For Easily Creating a Mobile Version of Your Website




This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media anContinue reading

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