The popularity of mobile has skyrocketed over the past few years. We’ve seen six generations of iPhones, five iPad models, hundreds of Android phones and thousands of different devices being manufactured.
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The latest version of Safari doesn’t make such great strides as the previous update did, but there are some tools in there which will be of use or interest to developers. These include: File upload, Web audio, CSS images, and more.
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At the heart of testing is the capability to ask challenging and relevant questions. Rosie Sherry takes us through the thought process of testers and discuss the types of things they consider when testing a mobile app.
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This article is targeted at the everyday developer looking for practical guidelines and tips to leverage in their Windows Phone application to build compelling Windows Phone UI-compliant apps with solid user experiences. Think of it as a checklist of sorts to ensure that your app avoids the common design problems.
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In this post, James Brocklehurst helps you get to know the iOS development tools a little better. Get to know some choreographed steps of iPhone app development, even if you have little or no programming knowledge.
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Axure enables you to quickly create a prototype for a mobile app or website, with no investment in development. In this article, Will Hacker goes through some of the capabilities of Axure by showing how he used Axure RP 6.5 to prototype a theoretical iPhone app for the Chicago chapter of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA).
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Clay Allsopp tries out RubyMotion by making an app that grabs some data from the Internet and updates the screen’s content accordingly. If you’ve hit stumbling blocks learning native iOS development or are just curious about what Ruby on iOS looks like, you should read on.
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When iOS started to gain momentum, soon after the first iPhone launched, many businesses started to pay attention to apps. The number of apps for iOS grew exponentially, and every company, big and small, rushed to create their own app to support their business.
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Like most well-designed things, the magic of an iPad app comes from a union of usefulness, usability and meaning. Games aside, the app must be useful by solving a problem that people actually have through the right set of functionality at the right time. It must be easy to use and, just as importantly, easy to get started using, without a lot of pesky setup and learning steps. And it must hold meaning for the user through visual beauty, an emotional connection, personal insights, etc.
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