Glimmer, a library for building mobile applications that arose out of the Ember.js front-end JavaScript stack, will use custom bytecode to improve web application loading on mobile devices. The ...

Parse was once the poster child for mobile back end as a service (MBaaS), and despite its recent acquisition by Facebook, it is still a viable, low-friction MBaaS for limited-volume consumer apps. On ...

Mobile application programmers should choose dev and test tooling that reflects the goal of the project, the budget, team expertise, time constraints and the expectations of stakeholders for the ...

Google’s Area 120 has released a new smartphone app designed to teach beginners how to write code. It’s called Grasshopper, and it kind of feels like Duolingo for coding. While Duolingo offers short ...

A few days ago, developer Felix Krause shared a detailed report on how mobile apps can use their own in-app web browser to track user data. Now Krause is back with a new tool that lets anyone see ...

JavaScript traditionally has been all about Web development, but a new survey indicates it's breaking out of that bailiwick to become a force in mobile app development. Whereas mobile development not ...

These days it’s hard to ignore the groundswell of the co-mingling of the words “mobile” and “HTML5”. Mobile is where it’s at in 2011 (if it wasn’t already in 2010) and most are betting on HTML5 and ...

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Building your own mobile or desktop native app sounds exciting. More importantly, native apps have some clear advantages. That said, starting with web apps will score you some easy wins and prepare ...