![]() ![]() Thankfully Sergey Pimenov has an excellent, Bootstrap-based Metro UI framework. Metro UI CSS: Not being much of a designer, I need lots of help when it comes to attractive design and easy to use CSS.All in all, this is one impressed developer. To be honest, I decided to build this entire RSS app just to play around with this environment and learn how to use it and its capabilities. It leverage exisiting tools like Apache Ripple for device emulation and Apache Wienre for remote debugging, along with a mobile app for easy on-device testing, all supported by a fantastic backend that allows you to easily test and build mobile apps. The platform takes a tak similar to Cordova (in fact it directly supports Cordova APIs), and allows you to build native apps that are HTML5 / Javascript based. It’s stength doesnt necessarily lie in a new API, but rather in how well the IDE brings together exisiting tools and APIs into one brilliantly easy to use package. ![]() Intel XDK New: A new cross-mobile development platform (previously AppMobi) by Intel.A sneak peek into the finished app:įirst of all, a list of tools and why I chose them: In this series of articles, i’ll describe how I built a basic magazine style android app inspired by Flipboard and whose theme is inspired by Windows Metro. The proliferation and ubiquity of mobile devices means that everyone has access to a form factor which lends itself quite well to a magazine-like experience, with touch gestures, high-resolutions and interactivity. With good reason, since they leverage an existing and widely deployed technology (RSS) to promote and present site content in a very attractive way. Nowadays the playstore / appstore is awash in magazine style RSS readers. ![]()
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