Tag: chrisw

Swift's type system is designed to enforce strict rules for our code. Sometimes we need to utilise legacy C libraries, we look at best practises for this.

Annarita Tranfici shows us 5 mobile design patterns to make the UX in our apps truly successful.

UIKit Dynamics in iOS 8 allows you to add real-life behaviours and animations to your apps with very little code. We show you how using Swift.

Sencha ExtJS5 introduces many new features to create amazing cross-platform Apps. Chris Dawes shows us the highlights.

You cannot create a good user experience without functional navigation. Annarita Tranfici looks at some of the patterns that can be utilised to create one.

Spark OS is a new operating system designed to make IoT development easier. We take a look at how it works and what it can do.

In part three of our series on Intel XDK Aleksander Koko looks at Testing, Debugging and building a cross platform app.

If you are developing an Android application, you will likely need to store data somewhere and ORMs, Aldo Ziflaj looks at five of the best to consider.

Should we consider the real cost of using free web fonts? Are our responsive layouts really responsive when we add 500Kb of font files?

Wearables are set to redefine the world and how we interact with it, lets take a look through some advice and resources to get your skills up to date.

You've created a great Android app, now what about the icon? Elio Qoshi discusses some simple tips on getting your icons Material Design ready.

Intel XDK is a new option for cross platform development. It keeps things simple by including all possible target platforms and tools that may be useful.

Mobile Angular UI is a new framework that combines AngularJS and Bootstrap to create an awesome method of creating mobile web apps.

Firefox OS allows you to create apps with HTML and JavaScript and the same applies to games, lets create one with Ionic!

Spine is a new 2d animation tool ideal for mobile apps. Jen Looper shows us how to get started.

We highlight 5 JavaScript APIs to empower your mobile web applications.

In this tutorial, we'll discuss a lightweight JavaScript UI library called App.js to create mobile web apps without compromising performance or looks.

Firefox OS 2.0 is set to introduce many new features, UI and design changes to the burgeoning OS, we take a tour through them.

If you want to sell items in your iOS app you will need to accept payments, Ravi Pratap shows us how.