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Using Orientation on Your Mobile Sites
Orientation and Device Orientation. What’s the Difference?Before we start, I think it would be useful to clarify that “orientation” is not the same as “device orientation.” Orientation by itself simply...
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Too Big, Too Small, or Just Right: Creating a Website for Multiple Screens
For many, planning a multi-screen web experience is no longer an afterthought; it’s the starting point. More and more, people are viewing websites outside of the traditional desktop screen. From...
View ArticleOffline Capabilities: Native Mobile Apps vs. Mobile Web Apps
Many mobile apps could benefit from working without an Internet connection. Here, we take a look at how offline capabilities affect the decision of developing native apps vs. mobile web based apps.Apps...
View Article4 Ways To Avoid Scope Creep And Still Please Your Clients
Landing a mobile development deal is a tough task and a rewarding accomplishment. But, as anyone who has created an app knows, landing the deal is just the beginning. As the production process begins,...
View ArticleWhat’s New in PhoneGap 2.2?
The day after Halloween, we all received a great gift from Adobe — the release of the latest version of Cordova, better known as PhoneGap. The new 2.2.0 version introduced several interesting...
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Building Apps That Build Apps: An Interview With The Co-founder of TheAppBuilder
Those of you who dream of a successful startup better pay attention to TheAppBuilder. It’s one of those stories where a couple of savvy developers discover a market gap and come up with a well-executed...
View ArticleWhat’s New in jQuery Mobile 1.2.0?
A highly anticipated new version of jQuery Mobile was recently released. Let’s have a look at what’s been added and changed in this 1.2.0 version. Throughout the code samples, you’ll learn also how to...
View ArticleBuild Lists and Popups in Minutes Using jQuery Mobile
In my last article, I explained what’s new in jQuery Mobile 1.2.0, the latest release of the popular mobile development framework. The article describes the new devices compatibility, the popup widget,...
View Article10 Years of Mobile Industry History in 10 Minutes
Any investor will tell you that past performance is not a guarantee of future results, but as investors of time, money, and energy in mobile enterprises, it’s important to maintain a bird’s-eye,...
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Create a Mobile Application Mockup with Codiqa
Before writing the actual code of web applications, every web designer or developer should create mockups or sketches of their work. On the web, there are several tools that you as a designer can use...
View ArticleWhat to Expect From jQuery Mobile 1.3.0
I wrote an article titled What’s New in jQuery Mobile 1.2.0? that showed the new features and the changes made by the jQuery Mobile team in version 1.2.0 of their popular mobile development framework....
View Article5 Essential Elements of a Successful Business App
The ever-growing population of smartphone owners has led more and more companies to develop mobile business apps to cater to customers and generate leads. What used to be an optional “nice to have”...
View ArticleUnderstanding Responsive Web Design: Responsive Imagery
In this fifth part of our Understanding Responsive Web Design series, I’ll show you one of the typical problems that a web designer faces when building a responsive website: the management of the...
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Build a Contacts Management App Using HTML5, JS, CSS3, and Wakanda Studio
Many years ago, JavaScript developers were considered second-class citizens in the programming world. JavaScript was only used to perform some easy client-side tasks such as alert messages, form...
View ArticleBuild a Responsive, Mobile-Friendly Website From Scratch: Semantic HTML
In the last article, as promised, we’ve begun doing some practical work with the planning and creation of a mockup. Now, we’ve focused on how to build a personal project wireframe thinking responsively...
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Sparkicons: Can We Make Better Links?
Around this time last year, Mark Boulton proposed a new way of communicating information about linked content online He called his idea sparkicons, building on Edward Tufte’s description of...
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A Look at DevDocs.io
How often do you go through the following process when coding? Need a [insert programming language here] function definition and examples Google for said function Click first result which is either...
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What Should You Expect from your SEO Consultant? Part 2
Last week, in Part 1, I explained that, first and foremost, your SEO firm ought to set realistic expectations. The two most important ones to establish are: SEO takes time It’s like word-of-mouth: it...
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What is Flat Design (and how do I do it)?
Last year saw the emergence of many new and reinvented trends across the world of design. Some trends outshined others, in particular the appealing trend towards flat and almost flat design that made...
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Web Performance Tricks – Beyond the Basics
This article was sponsored by New Relic. Thank you for supporting the sponsors who make SitePoint possible! We’ve had a lot of performance talk over the years here at SitePoint, and we believe it’s...
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