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Go Native(-ish)! ! Tim G. Thomas

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Go Native(-ish)! PrairieDevCon 2014 Photo Source: Wikipedia User Magnus Manske

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Tim G. Thomas frog [email protected] @timgthomas

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#nativeish

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Today Web apps

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Today Web apps Mobile devices

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Your Options Native ! Hybrid ! Web

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Your Options Native ! Hybrid Native(-ish) Web

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Why to Go Native-ish Build with web tools No approval process Rapid deployment

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However... Limited discoverability Some missing hardware APIs High standards for comparison

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Agenda Design Development Debugging

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Design

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No content

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Experience Design

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Experience Design Navigation Bars !

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Experience Design Navigation Bars “Stacks”

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Experience Design Navigation Bars “Stacks” Long-Presses

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Experience Design bit.ly/prdc-apple bit.ly/prdc-android

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Visual Design

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Visual Design Skeuomorphism !

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Visual Design Skeuomorphism Bold, bright colors

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Visual Design Skeuomorphism Bold, bright colors Translucency

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Demo Off-the-Shelf Options

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Development

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Development Pin Apps Simulate Behavior Tweak UI Go Offline

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Step 1 Pin Apps

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App Pinning Mobile Safari Google Chrome

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To-Do: Pin Apps Remove browser frame Prevent resizing and scrolling Prevent links from opening a new window

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Remove Browser Frame

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Remove Browser Frame

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Prevent Resizing

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Prevent Scrolling $(document).on('touchmove', function() { return false; });

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Demo Step 1: App Pinning

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Step 2 Simulate Behavior

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To-Do: Simulate Behavior Use custom keyboards Support additional user inputs

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Custom Keyboards

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Custom Keyboards Text ! !

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Custom Keyboards Text Email !

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Custom Keyboards Text Email Date

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Custom Keyboards Text Email Date Numeric Range

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Additional Inputs File !

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Additional Inputs File Location

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Additional Inputs File Location

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Additional Inputs: Location navigator .geolocation .getCurrentPosition(function(position) { ! // position.coords.latitude; ! // position.coords.longitude; ! });

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Additional Inputs: Acceleration bit.ly/prdc-accel

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Tweak UI Step 3

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To-Do: Tweak UI Add home screen icon Use device fonts

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Home Screen Icons 196x196 ! 152x152

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Home Screen Icons ! ! !

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Device Fonts -apple-system-headline ! -apple-system-subheadline ! -apple-system-body ! ! -apple-system-font

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Demo Step 3: Tweak UI

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Go Offline Step 4

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To-Do: Go Offline Cache infrequently-changing files Store data locally

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Application Cache (AppCache)

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AppCache CACHE MANIFEST ! LOCAL: /apple-touch-icon.png ! NETWORK: * ! FALLBACK: /login /offline.html

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AppCache ! !

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AppCache http://bit.ly/prdc-appcache

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Local Storage localStorage['tea'] = '{ "type":"Earl Grey" }'; ! console.log(localStorage['tea']); ! //> { "type":"Earl Grey" } ! console.log(JSON.parse(localStorage['tea']); ! //> Object { type: 'Earl Grey' }

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The Story So Far

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Demo Debugging

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Thanks! @timgthomas tiny.cc/prdc14 Photo source: Wikipedia user Hequals2henry