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discussiontools

Top 10 Tools for HTML5 Mobile App Developers

6 min read

This article will summarise the most useful tools and services that I use, some of which I make use of almost every day and others which just solve really annoying problems that pop up every now and then.

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cordovaperformance

How to Make High Performance PhoneGap Apps

5 min read

I wasn't fortunate enough to attend PhoneGap Day this year, so my experience of it was skulking around the pgday hashtag on twitter and experiencing it

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The Difference Between Building with PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build

3 min read

I've been developing iOS applications on a windows machine for about 3 years now, and have learned the ins and outs and all the little tricks you need to kn

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ionic

Is Ionic’s Drag & Drop App Builder Any Good?

3 min read

The short of it is You're not going to be able to build an entire application in Ionic Creator (at least not yet anyway), but it is an awesome tool for quickly creating UI and prototype apps.

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The Chrome 43 Update Broke Sencha Touch Apps, Here’s How to Fix It

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The latest Chrome update (Chrome 43) caused some bugs in Sencha Touch applications. The issue would occur if you try to view the application in a Chrome browser or the latest System Web View on Android devices.

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discussion

Why Do HTML5 Mobile Apps Have a Bad Reputation?

6 min read

Hybrid HTML5 mobile apps seem to get a bit of a bad rap, it's not really justified though. If you speak to most native mobile app developers they will tell you that hybrid applications are

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Mobile Development for Web Developers: Ionic Preview

1 min read

I'm going to be releasing a couple of preview lessons before the launch date (which will be announced soon), the first of which is one of the Ionic lessons

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gamesphaser

9 Fun HTML5 Games Built with Phaser

3 min read

Since I've been busy finishing Mobile Development for Web Developers I figured I'd do a bit of a fun post today - posts like this don't take me as long to write

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cocoongamesphaser

How to Build HTML5 Mobile Games with CocoonJS

6 min read

I'm going to walkthrough how to compile HTML5 games for iOS and Android using the CocoonJS cloud compiler.

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gamesphaser

How to Use Retina Graphics in HTML5 Phaser Games

4 min read

If you don't have one, you've probably heard of Apple's "Retina" devices. Retina is just marketing spiel that refers to the device pixel ratio of the device. If we take a look at the iPhone 5 as an example, it has a resolution of

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gamesphaser

Create a Running Platformer Game in Phaser with Tilemaps

5 min read

In this tutorial, I'm going to walk you through how to create your own tilemap, and set up this simple runner game proof of concept in Phaser.

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gamesphaserphysics

Setting up Ninja Physics in Phaser

3 min read

In the rest of this tutorial we are going to look at how you can get Ninja Physics set up in your game (it's not quite as easy as you might think).

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gamesphaser

Building a Running Platformer in Phaser with Ninja Physics

4 min read

In this tutorial we are going to expand upon the game we made in the last tutorial to allow the use of sloped surfaces by swapping out the Arcade Physics system for the Ninja Physics system.

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How to Create Animations in Phaser with a Texture Atlas

5 min read

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to use something called a texture atlas to create animations in Phaser.

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gamesphaser

How to Create an Infinite Climbing Game in Phaser

8 min read

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how you can create this simple, infinite climbing game.

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discussionionic

8 Reasons Why I’m Glad I Switched to the Ionic Framework

9 min read

I really do just love using Ionic and I'd like to provide some justifications as to why I think the framework is so good in this post.

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gamesphaser

Build a Flappy Bird & Jetpack Joyride Hybrid Game in Phaser

8 min read

This game is kind of going to be more like a Flappy Bird cross Jetpack Joyride hybrid, take a look at what we're going to build

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What’s the Difference Between Ionic and AngularJS?

8 min read

In this tutorial we build the exact same functionality as the email and Facebook login with Firebase in an Ionic application tutorial but just with AngularJS

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gamesphaserphysics

Can you use P2 Physics with Phaser on Mobile?

4 min read

I had heard that P2 performance on mobile isn't great but I'd never really put it to the test, so I wanted to try running this game I created with P2 Physics on my mobile device and recording the results.

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gamesphaser

How to Create a Candy Crush or Bejeweled Game in Phaser

10 min read

In this tutorial we will be creating a basic Bejeweled / Candy Crush style game which will consist of A grid of any size, different tile types and more

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HTML5 Mobile Podcast Episode 01

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This is the first episode of a new podcast I'll be running about HTML5 mobile development.

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gamesphaser

Part 1: Building a Word Search Game in HTML5 with Phaser

6 min read

This game will be a word searching game, where you have to make as many words as you can from the letters available.

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gamesphaser

Creating Animated Scoring in an HTML5 Phaser Game

4 min read

In this tutorial, I'm going to walk you through how you can create a similar style animated scoring system for your own Phaser game.

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Part 2: Building a Word Search Game in HTML5 with Phaser

7 min read

In this tutorial we are going to allow the player to select a run of tiles from the grid in an attempt to create a word.

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ionic2

Ionic 2 with Mike Hartington – HTML5 Mobile Podcast Episode 02

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A lot of people seemed to enjoy the last podcast with Andrew McGivery so I've decided to keep going with these podcasts. This is still new to me and I'm still