Open source software turns 20
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 by Richard Harris
First let me say in full disclaimer that I love open source software and initiatives, and I come from the enterprise world as it where in 1998. The days where IT budgets were as fat as overfed guppy goldfish, and open source tech was barely used in production environments. Open source source software has always had the same set of challenges following closely behin...
Lowcode app development considerations
Friday, September 8, 2017 by Richard Harris
Love them or hate them, low-code platforms have made some notable impacts in the enterprise mobile app software development industry. The simple ease of use and low costs of such platforms at the expense of some creative freedoms has proven to be a revolutionary practice.That's why we sat down and had a chat with the experts to learn more on how low-code fares in the pr...
Onsen UI for Vue lets developers create mobile apps in Vue style
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 by Richard Harris
Monaca, a HTML5 hybrid app development platform, announced its stable release of “Onsen UI for Vue”. Onsen UI is its open source UI framework for building hybrid mobile apps (Cordova/PhoneGap) and progressive web apps. Monaca released Onsen UI v2 in September 2016 with a significant architectural change. Onsen UI v2 has become a JavaScript framework independent, We...
JavaScript apps get Arxan application protection solution
Friday, February 17, 2017 by Richard Harris
Arxan Technologies, a provider of application protection and management solutions, has announced Arxan Application Protection for JavaScript, a new offering that provides leading protection for JavaScript-based applications, including hybrid iOS and Android apps, in addition to web apps. The comprehensive solution is designed to prevent brand damage, financial loss, IP ...
How Rapid Application Development is Changing Everything
Saturday, September 24, 2016 by Richard Harris
I admit it, every time I hear the word RAD I go back to the 80's when BMX freestyle was at it's peak (I still own my beloved GT Performer)! But the RAD we are talking about here is "Rapid Application Development" (RAD), that used to be something reserved for making quick apps with minimal code input, little functionally, and that you did not intend on maintaining f...
ActiveState Just Released Komodo IDE for Mobile
Friday, September 9, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
ActiveState has announced the latest release of its Komodo IDE for mobile and web development which offers support for multiple languages, including for Python, PHP, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS, Node.js, Golang, Ruby, Perl, Tcl, and a variety of other languages and frameworks.
With the release of Komodo IDE 10.1, the platform expands its support for An...
Kony MobileFabric Release Offers New Microservices and Object Services Technology
Thursday, July 28, 2016 by Richard Harris
Kony has released the latest edition of its MobileFabric platform, the company’s mobile middleware solution designed to be used to rapidly build mobile backend applications. This release, MobileFabric 7.0, offers a new model-driven approach to mobile app development using microservices and includes object services that make it easier and cheaper to develop, maintain and...
How Realm's New React Native Database Helps Developers
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with the Tim Anglade, Realm's VP Product + Marketing & Partnerships to talk about the recent announcement at Facebook’s React.js Conference of its new mobile database built specifically for React Native. The new solution is a replacement for SQLite and Core Data which offers a fast database with live objects, change events and support for un...
ColdFusion 2016 offers New API Management Capabilities
Monday, February 22, 2016 by Richard Harris
Adobe has released the 2016 version of its ColdFusion solution for building and deploying web and mobile applications. Included in the release is a new API management tool which allows ColdFusion Enterprise users to move APIs from concept to production, and a new security code analyzer that automatically detects and mitigates potential code vulnerabilities in real-time....
Appmobi and Intel Partner to Offer Enterprise HTML5 and Cordova Based Apps
Thursday, February 18, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Appmobi has announced the integration of its SaaS solution, Appmobi Secure Mobile Platform, with the Intel’s XDK. The new Appmobi plug-in with the Intel XDK allows Intel developers to build secure enterprise-grade hybrid HTML5 and Cordova-based mobile applications. The service is free for up to 500 devices and can be transitioned to private stack services.Appmobi specia...
The Unsung Side Of Mobile Apps: Bootstrapping Development With Mobile Backend Services
Monday, December 7, 2015 by Mike Thompson
There’s more to a successful mobile app than a slick UI and cross-platform availability. Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS) makes developing compelling, full featured apps faster and easier.When building applications, every budding developer knows the temptation of fixating on the UI at the expense of algorithms, data structures and state management. After al...
AWS Device Farm Now Tests BrowserBased Apps on iOS and Android Devices
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Amazon Web Services launched the AWS Device Farm this July to provide support for testing native and hybrid applications on iOS and Android devices. The AWS Device Farm provides the ability to test apps in the cloud against a large collection of real phones and tablets without the complexity and expense of deploying and maintaining device labs and automation infrastruct...
Ionic Launches New Version of its HTML5 App Creator
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 by Richard Harris
It’s been a little over a year since Ionic launched the alpha of its open source Ionic Creator platform which provides an HTML5 SDK to build cross platform, native-feeling mobile apps using web technologies like HTML, CSS, and Javascript. The company has recently released a number of updates to the platform adding new features, polishing existing ones, and fixing issues...
Kony's MobileFabric Cross Platform Development Solution Available on AWS Marketplace
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Developers looking to leverage the advantage of cross-platform development in a cloud based environment can now take advantage of Kony MobileFabric in AWS Marketplace, which includes the availability of a free Developer Edition.Kony is an enterprise mobility solutions company which provides one of the leading cloud-based mobile application development platforms (MADP). ...
AppGyver Updates UI and UX for its HTML5 Hybrid App Builder
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
AppGyver’s Composer platform offers the ability for developers to bootstrap HTML5 hybrid apps. In its Composer 2 release, the company has provided updates to its UI and UX to improve how the Composer 2 admin interface looks and how the UX flow works.Composer 2 is AppGyver’s visual bootstrapping tool that allows developers to quickly finish hashing out a new app idea the...
Connect.js Conference Will Dive Deep Into Web Technologies in October
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Web developers will again flock to Atlanta for the Connect.js Conference as they dive deep into AngularJS, React.JS, Testing JavaScript, Advanced JavaScript, Enterprise JavaScript, Cross-platform Mobile Development with Phonegap & Ionic, Server-side JavaScript, Design/UI/UX, Rails, and PHP.This low cost conference will be held Friday October 16 and Saturday October ...
HTML5Devconf in San Francisco Dives Into Web Technologies in October
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 by Richard Harris
HTML5Devconf will be once again be in San Francisco with this year’s conference held on October 19 – 20 and training sessions held on October 21 – 23.The event is one of the largest gatherings of technical software developers, designers and decision makers focused on Internet software technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Node.js and other cross platform web, mob...
Kony Updates MobileFabric To Help The Enterprise With Mobile Development
Thursday, July 23, 2015 by Richard Harris
Kony has updated its MobileFabric backend mobile infrastructure with new API management, mobile a management (MAM), analytics and application performance management (APM) capabilities.The updates provide developers greater access to open and web development standards and technologies offering front-end tools and frameworks, including native iOS, Android, Windows, HTML5/...
Kony Launches MobileFabric Backend Mobile Infrastructure on AWS
Monday, July 13, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Kony has released new versions of its Kony MobileFabric backend mobile infrastructure in the AWS Marketplace, including a free Developer Edition. The new release caters to developers who are building mobile and IoT apps on AWS by providing access to Kony MobileFabric to address their backend infrastructure needs while developing a mobile front-end with support for ...
Ionic Continues to Build Out its HTML5 Hybrid App Development Platform
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 by Richard Harris
Ionic continues to build out its open source front-end SDK for developing hybrid mobile apps with HTML5. Ionic offers a library of mobile-optimized HTML, CSS and JS components, gestures, and tools for building highly interactive apps - built with the Sass CSS extension and optimized for AngularJS.Ionic is focused mainly on the look, feel, and UI interaction of an app. T...
Telerik Launches JavaScript Open Source Network for Web Developers to Build Native Apps
Monday, March 16, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Telerik announced the beta availability of NativeScript, an open source framework enabling developers to use JavaScript to build native mobile apps running on all major mobile platforms, including Apple iOS, Google Android and upcoming for Windows Universal. The NativeScript framework is designed to be familiar to developers who are comfortable with web technologie...
Adobe Updates Mobile Development Framework
Friday, March 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
Adobe has announced enhancements to its Adobe Mobile Services that now includes an integrated mobile app framework. Mobile Services is offered through the Adobe Marketing Cloud as a product to encompass the mobile app lifecycle from app development and user acquisition to app analytics and user engagement. The mobile app framework in Adobe Mobile Services brings to...
The Right and Wrong Strategies When Taking Your App Offline
Monday, February 9, 2015 by Martin Heller
Once there was an elevator inspector. Into an elevator shaft he climbed with his tablet, taking pictures and making notes. Twenty minutes later, he climbed down, went into the hall, and his tablet got service. His inspection app immediately tried to synchronize his notes and pictures with his company’s inspection database. After a couple of minutes, he saw an error...
Progress Releases Updates to Telerik App Development Platform
Friday, January 16, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Progress has released the latest version of Telerik, its device and OS agnostic mobile development platform that combine UI tools and cloud services to build apps. This comes on the heels of the Progress’s announcement that it had finalized the purchase of Telerik AD in December 2014.The Telerik Platform offers tools and services that can be adopted individually or as a...
New Master Of Applications Development Course
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
If you always dreamed of becoming a mobile app developer, there is a new Master Of Applications Development Course by Charles Stuart University. CSU's Master of Mobile Applications Development lets students have the opportunities to develop apps for any of the major platforms.Through the Master Of Applications Development Course students can develop on pl...
AppGyver Releases Supersonic, Bridging Native Grade UI and Data to HTML5 Hybrid Apps
Thursday, December 4, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
AppGyver just released Supersonic this week, defining a new way for developing high-performance mobile app user interfaces. AppGyver offers users a platform for both the novice and seasoned mobile developer in executing HTML5 mobile apps which are indistinguishable from native applications. Supersonic is a next-generation mobile hybrid framework where develop...
Genuitec Announces General Availability of GapDebug Solution for Debugging PhoneGap Apps
Friday, November 7, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
GapDebug is coming out of public beta with its PhoneGap debugging tool as the company has announced the General Availability (GA) of GapDebug for use by hybrid mobile app developers.Operating on both the Windows and Mac platforms, GapDebug allows debugging of hybrid mobile apps, such as PhoneGap and Cordova, on modern iOS and Android devices. GapDebug is free to use for...
Corona Now Supports Windows Phone 8 via CoronaCards
Thursday, October 23, 2014 by Richard Harris
Corona has announced support for Windows Phone 8 via its CoronaCards, which provides flexibility for developers using the Corona platform to develop for Windows Phone 8. CoronaCards is a version of the Corona platform (running the Corona Lua code) that can be embedded into any native app allowing developers to also hook in any native functionality via a native/Lua bridg...
Cordova Announces Cordova 2.9, WebOS, Symbian, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 Deprecations for PhoneGap
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 by Richard Harris
Cordova has deprecated WebOS, Symbian, Blackberry and Winphone 7, as well as for all Cordova versions below 3.0, as of October 15, 2014. The Cordova teams says that it has stopped active development on these platforms because they realized continuing support for these platforms on PhoneGap Build would mean less available resources to focus on adding new platforms o...
Hey JavaScript and HTML5 developers! The HTML5Devconf Is Rapidly Approaching!
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 by Richard Harris
There is still time to get in on the cross platform fun and register for the HTML5Devconf which will be held in downtown San Francisco on October 20 & 21 at Moscone Center.The conference features technical software developers, designers and decision makers focused on Internet software technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, node.js and other cross platform web,...
New Alpha Anywhere Version 3.0 Offers Cross Platform Offline Mobile Business Applications
Monday, October 6, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Alpha Software Corporation has announced its application development and deployment environment now offers built-in offline support, without added time or cost. This built-in capability in Alpha Anywhere 3.0 allows a transactional business app to operate effectively while disconnected from a network.With full featured mobile off-line availability, users can work anywher...
Microsoft Launches New Dev Center Partner Program
Thursday, September 11, 2014 by Richard Harris
Microsoft has announced a new Dev Center Partner Program which provides middleware providers access to devices, software, co-marketing, event support, and more. The program includes a new partner directory to help developers find a growing list of middleware partners targeting Windows.Current partners include Unity, PayPal, PhoneGap, Facebook, Localytics, Fortumo, Syncf...
Kony Offers New Packaged Mobile App Enterprise Platform
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 by Richard Harris
Kony has launched a new packaged mobile enterprise platform called Kony MobileFabric. The platform packages a mobile application development platform (MADP), mobile backend as a service (MBaaS), Application Programming Interface (API) management, and platform as-a-service (PaaS) infrastructure under a single, open and standards-based mobile platform. Kony MobileFab...
InterSystems Introduces Zen Mojo for Enterprise Mobile Web App Development
Sunday, July 20, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
InterSystems has announced Zen Mojo, a new technology for the development of Web-based apps for mobile and desktop environments. According to InterSystems, Zen Mojo was designed take advantage of the functionality and responsive user interfaces of mobile devices, when creating data-rich, enterprise-class Web apps. The open source plugin framework allows adopti...
Genuitec Takes GapDebug Tool for PhoneGap and Apache Cordova into Public Beta
Thursday, July 17, 2014 by Richard Harris
After a couple of weeks of private beta, Genuitec is taking its GapDebug tool for PhoneGap and Apache Cordova into public beta.GapDebug provides the ability to “plug and debug” mobile apps. It is a single source platform to perform cross-platform testing on iOS and Android mobile apps. GapDebug eliminates the need to bounce back and forth between iOS...
