Kendo UI Framework: Build rich, smart HTML5 and JavaScript apps for any platform
How Does Kendo UI Framework Cut Development Time?. Kendo UI by Progress delivers everything you need to build a modern web application under tight deadlines. Choose from more than 70 UI components and easily combine them to create beautiful and responsive apps, while speeding development time by up to 50 percent. (more…)
HTML5 Hybrid Mobile App Framework and UI Components for PhoneGap & Cordova
Super Performance Onsen UI framework is designed and implemented to deliver unprecedented user experience for your hybrid apps. Frustrated with the lack of native-like performance? Try Onsen UI and you’ll feel the difference right away. (more…)
Open an iOS App from an Email
Apple has allowed iOS apps to register their own URL schemes on your devices for a while now, but I've never used this functionality in-depth 'till just recently. Having your app register a URL scheme on a device means that you can open an installed application on a user's iPhone or iPad in ONE CLICK from their email (or the web, or another application). (more…)
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Fully managed and highly scalable messaging Send push messages Deliver messages instantly to applications or users and eliminate polling in your apps. (more…)
How To Send Text Messages From Google Voice With PHP
I found this neat PHP class that you can use to send text messages to any phone number from your google voice account. (more…)
Clockwork Lets Your Apps Send & Receive SMS
Quick and easy to get started • No rentals • No commitment Languages & Interfaces (more…)
FastCanvas: PhoneGap plugin for implementing 2D canvas rendering for Android
FastCanvas is a Cordova/PhoneGap plugin which implements a very fast, 2D, mostly-canvas-compatible rendering surface for Android. It focuses on moving graphics around on the screen quickly and efficiently using hardware acceleration. (more…)
PhoneGap Build: Take the pain out of developing mobile apps
Simply upload your HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript assets to the Adobe® PhoneGap™ Build cloud service and we do the work of compiling for you. Take advantage of the strengths of PhoneGap. (more…)
Adobe PhoneGap: Build amazing mobile apps powered by open web tech
From the team behind Apache Cordova, the Adobe PhoneGap framework is an open source distribution of Cordova — providing the advantage of technology created by a diverse team of pros along with a robust developer community — plus access to the PhoneGap toolset, so you can get to mobile faster. (more…)
Flexbox Patterns: Build awesome user interfaces with CSS flexbox
Flexbox is awesome, but it introduces many new concepts that can make it difficult to use. These interactive examples will show you practical ways to use it to build UI components. They start out simple and get more complex near the end. You can start using these patterns in your own code right away, though I recommend you apply accessibility best practices to the markup (like using semantic HTML5 elements). (more…)
My Development Workflow for PhoneGap iOS Apps
I decided to blog the process I have personally found productive when developing mobile apps for PhoneGap and iOS in case it might help others. Below I cover the overall steps I take followed by a short video showing the process in use. This is only one of many possible workflows but if you’re looking for a fast track to getting started then this should be useful. (more…)
A Guide To iOS App Development For Web Designers
As a designer looking to broaden your skill set, you’ve decided that learning how to make native apps for Apple’s iOS platform is an attractive and potentially lucrative prospect. With a frisson of excitement, you start to do some research. The euphoria is short-lived however, as you quickly discover that unless you are an experienced programmer, the task is far from easy. (more…)
My Workflow for Developing PhoneGap Applications
I am asked all the time “How do I get started developing PhoneGap applications?”. My normal answer is to advise people to check out the PhoneGap Getting Started Guides, which provide a great starting point for every platform. However after further thought, I’m not sure this is always what people are asking. (more…)