How to write Cordova Plugins

Cordova Plugins are one of the dark arts of hybrid app development, helping web apps running natively access the full power of the device underneath. Their obscurity separates the haves from the have nots, with whole swaths of Cordova users relying on a relatively small group of…

The Rise of the Mobile Web

Web and mobile developers got a little surprise as 2015 came to a close: the mobile web rose again, driven by…

Making Open Source a Happier Place

Open Source is one of the most wonderful aspects of the software development world. Through OSS we all get high quality, well tested, and enduring technology for zero dollars, and can find many people to hire and collaborate with that understand and use the technology…

Service Workers do not a Progressive Web App make

I hear this question a lot from Ionic developers: “iOS doesn’t support service workers, can I still build Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) on iOS”?

Using Mobile Technology to Broaden the Impact of Academic Research