The future of Progressive Web Apps
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 by Richard Harris
Back in 2012, Max Lynch, CEO and co-founder of Ionic, developed his company’s open source framework for cross-platform apps with the foresight that the web would be the future of how apps were built. Six years later, Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are gaining traction as brands like Starbucks, Twitter and Pinterest have reported significant uptick in engagement upon replac...
CSHTML5 released to build HTML5 Apps with CSharp
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 by Austin Harris
C#/XAML for HTML5 just entered the last stage of development before its 1.0 milestone. Known as CSHTML5, this Visual Studio extension will be released by Userware on Feb 26 as a Release Candidate, providing developers with a new way to develop web apps.Developers are now able to use C# and XAML to write apps that run in the browser. Absolutely no knowledge of HTML5 or J...
W3Cx celebrates enrollment of over 400k students in their MOOCs
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 by Austin Harris
Just two years after launching its first HTML5 course on W3Cx, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced that it has exceeded its enrollment goals with nearly 400,000 students from every country participating in its HTML5 and CSS MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). W3Cx is the result of a successful partnership with edX, a nonprofit online learning platform, fo...
Appmobi Adds Enterprise Grade Security to Native Apps
Friday, March 18, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Appmobi has launched Appmobi Native Support, an all-in-one solution that adds enterprise-grade security at the code level to both new and existing native iOS, Android and Windows Phone mobile apps. Appmobi offers a platform dedicated to providing enterprise-grade security to native and Cordova-based HTML5 apps. The Appmobi Secure Mobile Platform integrates and work...
Secure Mobile Access for BYOD
Friday, March 4, 2016 by Paul Andersen
If you are an IT manager responsible for defining your organization’s approach to BYOD, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of articles and guides available on the topic. Unfortunately, most BYOD articles overlook a technology that has been the workhorse for secure remote access for more than a decade: SSL VPN.Originally designed for secure remote PC and laptop access...
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...
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...
Appmobi Provides Enterprise Security to Hybrid HTML5 and Cordova Mobile Apps
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 by Richard Harris
Appmobi has released the new Appmobi Secure Mobile Platform providing enterprise-grade security to hybrid HTML5 and Cordova mobile apps. The Appmobi Secure Mobile Platform integrates and works with a developer’s existing development tools, providing the services required to build secure hybrid apps in an easy-to-install package that can be hosted on an enterprise’s priv...
Appery Hybrid Apps Can Now Get Automatic Updates Without Resubmitting
Thursday, November 5, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Developers who use Appery’s App Builder platform to create HTML5 hybrid apps will no longer have to resubmit updated apps to the app stores due to the platform’s new Automatic App Update capability. Appery’s App Builder offers a cross-platform mobile development environment with a single codebase for creating mobile and responsive apps that run on all major device ...
Sencha Releases Updated JavaScript HTML5 Web App Platform
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Sencha has announced new web application development offerings with the general availability release of Sencha Ext JS 6 and revamped Sencha Web Application Manager (formerly known as Sencha Space), part of the new Sencha Web Application Lifecycle Management Platform.Sencha Ext JS 6 offers a JavaScript framework for building cross-platform web applications targeting desk...
A Review of Database Technologies and Frameworks for Mobile Developers
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 by Marcin Warpechowski
Mobile app developers are continuously feeling the pressure to bring apps to market and update them faster and faster. This demand will only continue in 2015 and beyond. Many mobile app developers need a hard-working database behind the scenes for processing real-time data like transactions, inventory or users. This article offers insight on how mobile developers can im...
New Release of Sencha Space Offers Offline Application Support
Monday, February 23, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Sencha has released Sencha Space 1.3, the latest version of its application management platform which provides the ability to deploy business applications to desktops, tablets, and smartphones in a secure web application environment that encrypts and segregates proprietary apps and data on the device. Space consists of two parts:- An app that end users download and...
Developers Can Create HTML5 and Native Content for New Ubuntu Phone
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 by Richard Harris
Canonical has announced the first phone running the open source OS Ubuntu, the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition, which is available in limited quantities in Europe from the Spanish device maker BQ. Availability of the phone will be announced through @Ubuntu and @bqreaders on Twitter as well as Ubuntu G+ and Ubuntu Facebook.The Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition abandons the app mod...
Reddo Leverages HTML5 to Allow Developers to Create New Mobile Front ends to Existing Windows Desktop Apps
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 by Richard Harris
The Reddo software platform, currently in beta, provides an opportunity for enterprise IT organizations to extend their existing application delivery infrastructure to enable new mobile front-ends to their existing Windows Desktop apps. The platform consists of three components:- Reddo UX Connector: Intercepts UI related communication between running application an...
Sencha Expands JavaScript Tools that Leverage Cross Platform HTML5 Mobile App Development
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Sencha has released Sencha Space 1.2, an application management platform to deploy, audit, and secure cross-platform HTML5 applications on supported desktop, tablet, and smartphones.Sencha as a company provides and supports JavaScript tools and platforms that leverage HTML5 to deliver solutions for desktops, smartphones, tablets and more. Sencha Space 1.2 provides addit...
New Extension for Visual Studio Released to Create HTML5 Apps Using C# and XAML
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 by Richard Harris
A new extension for Visual Studio has been released in beta that allows developers to create cross-platform HTML5 applications exclusively using C# and XAML. The extension, which is named "C#/XAML for HTML5", is available in beta for free to the first 5000 developers who sign up.The tool is designed for the developers who use Microsoft languages and tools (C#,...
Opera Software Launches Opera TV Ads SDK for Mobile Development
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 by Richard Harris
Opera Software has launched the Opera TV Ads SDK allowing developers to serve video advertising on any platform.Opera’s video advertising solution was previously available exclusively to apps distributed via the Opera TV Store application platform and developed through the Opera TV Snap technology, which transforms online video channels into apps for connected-TV device...
Intel’s Latest XDK HTML5 Mobile Development Platform Release Focuses on Cordova Plugins and Mobile Monetization
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Intel has launched the latest release of its mobile development XDK, which provides a HTML5 and Javascript platform for mobile development. In this release, the company has focused on Cordova plugins and mobile monetization.The Intel XDK now offers full support of Cordova APIs and plugins on iOS, Android, and Windows 8. Developers can take advantage of the number of plu...
How HTML5 Can Modernize Your Mobile Document Access
Friday, August 8, 2014 by Simon Wieczner
According to Gartner, approximately 184 million tablets were shipped last year and we can expect that 2014 will bring additional market growth. It’s not surprising that tablets are outpacing smartphones as the enterprise’s most popular computing platform. While the latter are more portable, their smaller screen size presents challenges when it comes to viewing full...
ComponentOne Releases New Suite of Data and UI Controls for Microsoft Visual Studio
Friday, July 25, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity, has released ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2014 v2, a suite of data and UI controls for Microsoft Visual Studio, including Windows Desktop, Windows Store, and HTML5. The highlights of the 2014 v2 release include new and enhanced data visualization controls for the Web and new controls for the Windows Store to help d...
LG Launches New webOS TV SDK Developer Site
Monday, July 14, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
LG has launched a new webOS TV Developer Site to provide a one-stop resource center for all developer requirements for webOS TV applications. Developers can learn how to plan, design, develop and publish webOS application for the LG Smart+ TV.About the New WebsiteDevelopers can download and install the webOS TV SDK and set up the development environment. The S...
XDEV Software Releases New Java Development Environment to Create Java Applications with an HTML5 User Interface for Google Web Toolkit
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
XDEV Software Corporation has released the first version of XDEV GWT BUILDER, a new integrated Java development environment for Google Web-Toolkit. Now available for download, users will be able to create modern HTML 5 web apps as well as classical Java desktop applications based on Google Web-Toolkit. XDEV GWT BUILDER is a complete, integrated Java developmen...
Mozilla’s WebIDE Offers Developers In Browser Building and Editing Features to Create HTML5 Apps
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Mozilla is adding in-browser editing features across devices with WebIDE, built directly into Firefox, providing a functioning blueprint app and tools needed create, edit, and test a new Web application right from a browser. WebIDE provides the ability to install and test apps on Firefox OS devices and simulators and integrates the Firefox Developer Tools...
HTML5 App Development With Sencha’s Recently Released Ext JS 5
Thursday, June 12, 2014 by Richard Harris
Sencha’s recent release of Ext JS 5 is the “most comprehensive update to the framework since our inception” according to the company. The product provides an HTML5 development for desktop and mobile apps providing the ability to deliver desktop apps on touch-enabled devices using a single codebase.So Whats New?Unified Events Across Desktops and Touch-screen DevicesExt J...
Ionic ngCordova Open source AngularJS Services and Extensions for HTML5 Apps
Thursday, June 12, 2014 by Richard Harris
Ionic offers a free and open source library of mobile-optimized HTML, CSS and JS components for building HTML5 apps. Ionic has recently announced ngCordova, an open-source collection of AngularJS services and extensions that allow the use of Cordova plugins and native features in hybrid apps.With ngCordova, instead of calling Cordova plugins directly and having to figur...
KidoZen Announces HTML5 App Designer Platform
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 by Richard Harris
KidoZen has announced the release of its HTML5 App Designer, a visual drag-and-drop tool to build prototype and production-ready, cross-platform HTML5 applications. The HTML5 App Designer is a new feature enhancement to the KidoZen enterprise mobile platform. HTML5 App Designer offers jQuery support with the ability to choose from over 30 jQuery Mobile po...
Altova Announces Cross Platform Mobile Solution for Enterprise App Development
Monday, May 12, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Altova has announced the upcoming beta release of Altova MobileTogether, a cross-platform mobile platform that enables companies to bring control of mobile data in-house, where enterprises can create, test, and deploy mobile solutions while containing full control of data, user security, access control, and the entire development cycle.The MobileTogether Designer i...
Sencha Takes GXT 3.1 for Creating HTML5 Apps Out of Beta
Monday, May 12, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
As we reported a couple of months ago with its beta introduction, GXT 3.1 is an enterprise-class UI framework for building web-based apps with Java. And now Sencha has announced that it has taken GXT 3.1 out of beta. GXT 3.1 offers a new Theme Builder tool and support for Google Web Toolkit (GWT) 2.6 which allows developers to create apps using HTML5...
AppGyver to Launch HTML5 Composer to Bootstrap Steroids Apps
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
AppGyver will make available its new Composer platform on May 20 allowing developers to bootstrap Steroids HTML5 apps in under 15 minutes.Features of Composer Include:Build service validations and UI updates: The Build Service UI has been updated for increased usability. It also now does some basic validation for build configurations client-side, helping catch...
How to Make Business Apps Without the Need to Code
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 by Alex Bakman
Today over 90% of Americans who own a smartphone while close to half own a tablet. These mobile devices have become the de facto standard devices used in virtually all aspects of our lives today displacing our dependence on laptop and desktop computers. There is, however, a major dilemma taking place in this transition which we have witnessed before. When the IBM ...
May 2014 Issue of ADM is Here!
Friday, May 2, 2014 by Richard Harris
Okay first a little gloating, I'm proud to announce the 12 issue of App Developer Magazine, May 2014! The issue is over 80 pages and contains some excellent resources including everything from using Facebook to help promote your app, to knowing where to invest in the mobile industry, it's all right here!Here is the complete lineup:FEATURESGuide: Using Facebook To G...
Espresso Logic Offers Live Browser Platform to Quickly Create Data Driven Apps
Thursday, April 24, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Espresso Logic has launched a new product, Live Browser, which allows companies to quickly create data-driven apps. The platform provides the ability to explore, interact with and modify data from any enterprise database without programming. Live Browser is an out-of-the-box HTML5 user interface for navigating an entire database in a master/detail format....
Intel’s Updated App Framework 2.1 JavaScript Library for HTML5 Mobile App Development
Thursday, April 24, 2014 by Richard Harris
The Intel App Framework JavaScript library is a cross-platform UI library built for mobile HTML5 apps. The UI styles in this library are designed to adapt to a target platform (Google Android, Apple iOS, Microsoft Windows 8, and new RIM Blackberry devices) so apps can have a target-specific look and feel. The App Framework library also includes an optiona...
Sencha Space – Solving BYOD with Cross Platform Management to Build and Deploy Secure Mobile HTML5 Apps
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 by Nicholas Harlow
With more and more enterprises adopting BYOD policies, the challenge for IT departments has become how to manage personal and professional applications on the same device, making sure company information is secure without infringing upon personal privacy. The importance of this issue will only grow as mobility becomes an even greater fixture in the enterprise.At Sencha,...
LG’s Connect SDK Provides Open Source Framework to Develop Apps Across Multiple TV Platforms
Monday, April 21, 2014 by Richard Harris
LG’s Connect SDK is an open source framework that connects mobile apps with multiple TV platforms. Because most TV platforms support a variety of protocols, Connect SDK integrates and abstracts the discovery and connectivity between all supported protocols.To discover supported platforms and protocols, Connect SDK uses SSDP to discover services such as DIAL, D...
