One of the hottest topics in web design in 2012 has been Responsive Design - the ability for a web page to dynamically re-size to fit on a desktop, tablet or mobile phone.
The reason it is such a hot topic is simple; there is no such thing as a standard screen size any more. You can't even pick a common denominator such as 1000 pixels wide and say "that will cover most computers, from laptops up to the massive dual screen desktop you told your boss you couldn't be without".
Sometime in the near future mobile devices will out-number desktops. According to which source you read it's somewhere between 2014 and 2016. Which means you should start factoring it into your applications today.
I'm really excited that APEX 4.2 supports declarative responsive design, but it may be a while before I get to use it. In the mean time, there's no reason why you can't build it into your applications in older APEX versions today. It just requires a little more thought and ingenuity.
That's part of what I'm presenting on at the AUSOUG 2020 Foresight Conference in Perth next week.
Here's a couple of screenshots from a very simple responsive application written in APEX 4.0.
The reason it is such a hot topic is simple; there is no such thing as a standard screen size any more. You can't even pick a common denominator such as 1000 pixels wide and say "that will cover most computers, from laptops up to the massive dual screen desktop you told your boss you couldn't be without".
Sometime in the near future mobile devices will out-number desktops. According to which source you read it's somewhere between 2014 and 2016. Which means you should start factoring it into your applications today.
I'm really excited that APEX 4.2 supports declarative responsive design, but it may be a while before I get to use it. In the mean time, there's no reason why you can't build it into your applications in older APEX versions today. It just requires a little more thought and ingenuity.
That's part of what I'm presenting on at the AUSOUG 2020 Foresight Conference in Perth next week.
Here's a couple of screenshots from a very simple responsive application written in APEX 4.0.
And here's the same page on a mobile phone
What's that charming expression about "eating your own dog food".
5 comments:
Could you please explain which are the steps to integrate Twitter Bootstrap into Apex ? I'd really appreciate if you can post how to do it. Thank you,
I can't find a working link to contact you, even though I've been directed to do so via your blog. :) I'm wondering whether you will be writing a follow up book to the Ext JS book that will cover v4 of Ext JS? The examples in the current book do not translate to the new version. :)
Hi Anonymous
I'm not looking at writing a follow-up book for ExtJS 4.x, as my work role has changed and APEX is no longer my primary focus.
I would recommend you look at tryfoexnow.com as Matt and Peter are doing terrific work combining ExtJS 4 and APEX into a declarative framework.
Mark
Thanks bunches! :)
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