So affirms Sencha, in the latest installment of their HTML5 developer scorecards series. Four-sentence version: After putting the Galaxy Nexus through our test wringer, we can say that Ice Cream Sandwich is a major step for the Android browser. However, it still falls short of iOS 5. It’s a solid browser for normal page browsing and it adds major new features that support most of the HTML5 spec. It also has taken a big step forward in correctness of rendering, which is a welcome change for people who want to push their mobile browsers to the limit. The most exciting new feature support, in Sencha's opinion: tons of CSS3, including the more nativey-slick, like animations, refletions, transformations, and transitions. Some specific missing features: Web Workers Web Sockets WebGL datetime and range input types overflow-scrolling Shared Workers The device Sencha used was a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which meant that some performance and zoom issues might tell you as much about the hardware as about the OS. But the biggest rendering improvement: rendering was simply correct. One way Ice Cream Sandwich beat iOS 5? Embedded inline HTML5 video. They actually played inline on the Galaxy Nexus, in Sencha's tests; they didn't on the iPad and iPhone running iOS 5. Here's Sencha's rather glowing closing summary: In summary, the Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich are a major step forward for the Android platform. Feature by feature, HTML5 support has gotten much better, rendering has become more accurate, and performance has gotten much faster. Although still behind the current HTML5 gold standard of iOS5, Android 4.0 is night and day compared to previous versions. That 'night and day' is pretty strong, and definitely great news for HTML5 developers. If you're developing HTML5 apps for mobile, you should probably read the full report, which includes JavaScript performance numbers via SunSpider, Acid3 scores, and detailed results of Sencha's own touch-specific test suite.
How is management software for oil and gas plants and platforms built? What programming languages do they use? Find out in this episode in 'CI From The Trenches.'
This post discusses how application architecture has evolved over the years. From monolithic, service-oriented, to microservices, and event-driven architecture (EDA)
We've written about RxJava and Android before, but this tutorial from howrobotswork takes a more in-depth look at RxJava through one particular use case: managing async API calls. If you're not familiar with RxJava, howrobotswork describes it as a "Java implementation of Reactive Extensions developed by Netflix" for asynchronous and event-based programs. The howrobotswork tutorial provides some background and set-up, but mostly focuses on how to build an Android REST API client with RxJava observables. Any Android developers looking to get deeper into RxJava should take a look at the full tutorial. Also, it's the first part in a series, and the second part - error handling with RxJava - has already been posted, potentially with more to come.
One of the key ideas of Groovy is to help Java developers be more productive, so why not bring it to Android? Luckily, Cédric Champeau has done exactly that with this Gradle plug-in on available on GitHub. It looks pretty straight-forward: edit your build.gradle a bit, choose your Groovy version and modules, add a depedency, and that's about it. It does seem to be leaning toward Android Studio, but that's okay, people seem to like Android Studio. For more information, though, Champeau also has a blog post on the topic. He covers his reasons for creating the project, as well as a few more specific usage tips. He has big plans for Groovy on Android, though: Some people are already asking for a {swift} alternative for Android. It’s there guys, you have it, so spread the word and let’s make it happen! I am convinced that it is the beginning of a new era for Android and Groovy. Google already switched their main build system to Gradle, which is, by the way, using Groovy, so I think it’s time to move over and show your love! You can also check out an open-source sample app from Champeau - his first Android app, I believe - built entirely in Groovy. You know, if you just want proof that it's possible. Take that, Swift.
Gain context of three separate API solutions which can be used to validate name input fields within an application as you follow along with this demonstration.
Application migrating has become very important today to ensure smooth functionality for beginners thinking about how to make their app functionality flawless.
In this post, we'll look at the best practices for NoSQL database benchmarking and a stress testing tool you can use to fail fast with your database projects.
This tutorial will guide you on using Selenium and Python to capture Python Selenium screenshots and check how your website is rendered over different browsers.
This article provides code and automation for implementing multi-account observability for AWS Organizations using Terraform and CloudFormation template.
