how can we use what we've been learning to develop for mobile devices?
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TRANSLATING THE WEB INTO THE MOBILE WORLD
how do we take what we’ve been learning and apply it to developing for mobile devices?
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DEVELOPING FOR MOBILE DEVICES?
•old data should be available •for example, old emails should be accessible while new ones are loading•don’t rely on caching to allow users to go back a page• avoid navigation to secondary pages•make sure you don’t send unused data •people often pay per kb
“Rails doesn’t really care what the client is, and translates well to mobile without a lot of additional code”
-Yehuda Katz, author of Rails 3 in Action