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Should You Use Angular 2 in Your NativeScript App?
One common question new NativeScript users often ask is whether they should use Angular 2 or not to build their app. In today’s Slack chat, we’ve invited a few of our Telerik Developer Experts to help...
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Scanning Barcodes with NativeScript and Angular 2
Not too long ago I wrote about scanning for barcodes within a NativeScript application. However, this was a very basic example and was created before Angular 2 was supported. After having had received...
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We Have Seriously Underestimated Angular
I was putting together the keynote for the upcoming NativeScript Developer Day conference, and I had a slide placeholder in to talk about Angular. NativeScript has supported Angular 2 since it was...
View ArticleNativescript: Past, Present and Future ({N} Developer Day Keynote)
Three years ago some engineers at Telerik begin working on a mobile framework that could help turn web developers into mobile developers. Not mobile web developers or hybrid developers, but true native...
View ArticleMake Programming Great Again (NativeScript Developer Day Keynote)
Code is more than just a means to an end. A programming language can help you accomplish your needs, discover new horizons, and just plain have fun. In the closing keynote from NativeScript Developer...
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Building Node-based APIs with the LoopBack Framework
APIs are increasingly becoming one of the most important aspects of development, no matter what platform you choose. Whether you’re building an API for public consumption or simply creating the back...
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NativeScript for the .NET Developer
> be me > be a .net developer with no life outside visual studio > boss says, “write a mobile app already” > iamscrewed.jpg > much research > look at xamarin > look at cordova >...
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Building Angular 2 Web and Native Apps from a Single Codebase
So, you need to build a web site. Great! If you’re an Angular developer, you immediately dash to your favorite IDE and start scaffolding out your site. But wait! Maybe you also need to build a mobile...
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The Diminishing Use Case of Hybrid Apps
PhoneGap is the most comprehensive, and most influential polyfill in the history of web development. PhoneGap had the audacity to envision the web as a first-class citizen on mobile, and did so in an...
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Platform-Specific Development with NativeScript
From day one, NativeScript has allowed you to leverage one codebase to create native mobile apps for multiple platforms (including the web!). It’s undeniable that writing code once and generating...
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Working with RESTful Data in Angular 2 and NativeScript
NativeScript and Angular 2 provide you with the tooling to accomplish some pretty great things in the native mobile space. For example, I wrote an article not too long ago demonstrating how to create a...
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Working with XML Data in NativeScript Angular 2
I recently wrote a tutorial for using RESTful API data in a NativeScript Angular 2 application. This tutorial included everything from Angular 2 providers, HTTP requests with RxJS, and data persistence...
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Willy Wonka Was Actually Talking about NativeScript
One of the most endearing films of all time, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, is that rare flick that has maintained a certain relevance for both children and adults alike. Wonka displayed a...
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What is Angular?
Every once in a while it’s worth taking a step back and looking at the development world from a beginner’s perspective. Here at Progress, we use Angular a lot. Angular is a fundamental building block...
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Adding Unit Tests to Your NativeScript App
The bane of many a developer’s existence, writing unit tests is about as popular as seat belts in the 80’s. We know it’s a good idea, but how can you reach your six-pack of PBR with a strap across your...
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An Introduction to Observables for Angular Developers
When developing mobile apps and web sites, we often use observables to populate the UI of our app with external data, asynchronously. In this article, we’re going to learn about the concept of the...
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Going Offline with NativeScript
While access to the internet has never been more widely available, we still live in an occasionally disconnected world. Whether on an airplane, underground, or in a rural area on 2G, we routinely deal...
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Reducing the Cost of Mobile App Development with NativeScript
Building mobile apps can be an expensive endeavor. Тo create software you need 3 types of resources: Developers that have specific domain knowledge Hardware Software tools to speed up the whole process...
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In Defense of Large Native Apps
Native mobile apps binaries can be big, and for developers, especially web developers, it’s easy to poke fun at just how large these applications are. And for good reason. Web developers have been...
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What is TypeScript?
Even as I mature as a developer (ok, mature may be too strong a word, how about “as I get older…”), at times I still feel like a complete beginner. And these days I can attest that we noobs are feeling...
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