This week we were joined by mobile architect Rick Blalock. Rick currently works at Appcelerator, a framework for building out native applications in Javascript. Rick also knows quite a bit about Joomla.

We talked about (roughly in order):

News’n’Links’n’Drama:

• 12:30 Why mobile apps are slow
• 21:17 Tweetbot Neue
• 22:42 Clear up EE drama: Brandon Kelley did not “rage quit” on stage, and EllisLab is looking for a new owner for CodeIgniter

Q & A:

• 25:12 Do you guys know any good resources that feature some advanced knowledge about web-apps on mobile devices?
• 33:58 What do you guys think of the responsive image delivery services that are coming online? Have you tried any? Do they reduce the ‘Ughck’?
• 42:15 With Google getting ready to punish sites that aren’t mobile friendly, do I need to start learning mobile-first responsive design even as a beginner, or should I develop a non-RWD site and then go back later and make it responsive?
• 47:45 What’s up with Haxe? It’s an open source platform that can compile to many different things, including the mobile platform.
• 51:56 What are the Pros and Cons of using Drupal vs Joomla these days?

57:04 How do you guys work with Git?

Sponsors:

• 32:15 BlendConf SEPTEMBER 5 – 7, 2013, Charlotte, NC

3 tracks / 40 talks. 20% off with the discount code ‘shoptalk’ * 45:52 Environments for Humans OCTOBER 21–23, 2013, The Stanley Hotel in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, U.S. All the top people awesome at CSS will be there. Plus, SMACSS workshop!!!

Show Links:

• Rick’s Website
• Rick on Twitter
• Appcellerator
• Titanium Framework
• PhoneGap
• Responsive.io
• Resrc.it
• Sencha
• Gitflow