Last week, Nick and I spoke with TJ VanToll about NativeScript in Action, our new book from Manning Press. If you’ve ever been interested in what it takes to write a technical book, take a look. It’s a short 15-minute video.
Tag: apps
Mobile UI Framework Comparison
Sticking with our recent theme in talking about mobile here on brosteins.com I’d like to compare several mobile UI frameworks. If you find that building a Hybrid App (outlined by Justin Tindle in our previous post about Building Mobile Apps Native vs Hybrid) is the right direction, you will likely use one of many Javascript frameworks. With Javascript frameworks being created and changed…
Building Mobile Apps Native VS Hybrid
Hello, I am Justin Tindle a Senior Consultant at KiZAN Technologies and I will be providing a guest entry on “Building Mobile Apps Native VS Hybrid.” This post builds on top of Mike Branstein’s “5 Ways to Get Started with Mobile Apps Today” post. There is a lot of confusion around building mobile apps and what path to take for development. In this post, you will…
Franken Apps
I recently finished a video about Franken Apps. The video is a follow-up to my previous post on Technical Debt, but with a “creepy” feel. What the Heck are Franken Apps? Franken Apps are typically older applications that either run everything in your business or applications that touch every other system and department. Franken Apps start as new applications, designed and developed to…
5 Ways to Get Started with Mobile Apps Today
A lot of businesses have trouble getting started with mobile app development because it’s typically considered an “IT” initiative – everyone is looking to IT for guidance and recommendations on what we can do with “mobile”, because they feel it’s technical. Here’s an insiders secret: mobile apps aren’t about the technology, instead they’re really about ideas and creativity. In this post, I’ll…