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A New MSDN Magazine Column: The Web Development Report

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Jan 20 2012 3:15 PM

Announcing my new monthly column at MSDN Magazine...

MSDN Magazine Issue

The Web Development Report

Each month I'll discuss the latest and greatest topics and issues in Web application development using technologies such as HTML5, ASP.NET, jQuery, Mobile Web and more! You can read the inaugural column and article for the January 2012 issue titled Getting Started with Mobile Web Development Using HTML5, jQuery Mobile and ASP.NET MVC 4.  

If you'd like to leave feedback, there's plenty of options: This blog, in the article comments, email, or at any of the social networking options available from the homepage: http://rachelappel.com. Let me know what you think and what topics you want to read about in the world of Web.

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6 Comments

  • Rachel said

    Thanks Leniel. For some reason I've traveled back to 2010 on social networking sites and, uh, here. I'll catch up soon. :-)

  • Jeff said

    Rachel,

    Please ignore previous comment as it seems that the whole MSDN Magazine web site is broken ! :(

  • Troy said

    Hi Rachel,

    I am currently struggling, as so many developers I would imagine, at which path of mobile development I should embark upon. I have been developing .NET windows and web form apps since the GA release of .NET 1.0. I have ignored the mobile world for years, but it’s time to play catch up. I have spent some time trying to learn Objective-C for iOS. The XCode environment for development is intuitive, but Obj-C is anything but. One thing I have taken away from the time I have spent learning Obj-C is the MVC paradigm.

    At any rate, I have switched gears lately and have been test driving some 3rd party components that claim to render/work on the major platforms/browsers – Android and iPhone, etc. However, they seem to fall short in many rudimentary areas. I have found/reported two bugs for one product just by initially testing…

    All of this brings me to your article. Now, I’m thinking, I really should be leveraging my experience with .NET and now that I have studied the MVC pattern, I might be ahead of the game. So, my question is: regarding your article and the example given, how would it render in Android and iPhone? Is everything geared towards Windows Phone or are there other templates, etc.?

    Thanks for your time.

  • Rachel Appel said

    Troy,

    Since jQuery mobile is cross browser compatible, it will render on those platforms too. There are more templates at the jQM site along with sites on the web.

    Phonegap is another tool you may be interested in as you're getting into the mobile game.

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