It's no secret that major social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn have abandoned high-profile HTML5 projects in favor of mobile native app. But there are still plenty of opportunities at enterprises for developers with strong Web-based skillsets.
Even a plugin-free interactive map isn't totally novel; a few out there rely on HTML and JavaScript. But quite honestly, plugin-free maps usually aren't
very exciting, mostly because they rely on older technologies. But with HTML5, we can include features previously found only with plugins, usually Flash.
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In this article, we'll get rolling on developing plug-in free by creating bar graphs and similar graphics, using NASDAQ's current web site as an example.
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The Web began as markup only, and then some script and styling. For many developers, especially us veterans, it's hard to imagine a Web without plug-in. Since the earliest days, browser plug-ins like Flash and ActiveX have been the main way to create rich online experiences for more sophisticated Web experiences.
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Today I'd like to talk about picture manipulation in HTML5, using pure Javascript.
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When I started out on this app I was only really just interested in seeing if the web platform had really evolved to a point where an app like the hugely
popular Instagram app could be built using just HTML, JavaScript and CSS.
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During the French Microsoft Techdays that occurred from the 12th to the 14th of February 2013, I built a fun, silly demo to start the Coding4Fun session. The idea was to rebuild the famous StarWars intro with the 3D scrolling text and the slide down effect with a star destroyer ship coming at the end. This demo was built using only some CSS3 3D transforms and animation, as well as the HTML5 audio and video tags.
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Taking full advantage of Internet Explorer 10's hardware-accelerated SVG processing and industry-leading touch support, we place users in the comic book world of Robert Kirkman's Thief of Thieves, letting them walk in the proverbial footsteps of the series' art-thief protagonist.
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The first article in this series covered the basics of SVG, an overlooked, under appreciated aspect of HTML5. While different browsers implement SVG in different ways, the previous walkthrough described how to create text, incorporate SVG images and build basic shapes such as circles, polygons and paths in a way that all browsers recognize.
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Every app needs controls, such as buttons, check boxes, and drop-down lists. Windows Store apps built for Windows using JavaScript can use two types of
controls: intrinsic HTML controls and Windows Library for JavaScript controls.
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This tutorial teaches you how to create a simple "Hello, world" Windows Store app built for Windows using JavaScript. It's the first tutorial in a series
of 4 that teach you what you need to know to build Windows Store apps.
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I'm currently working around the touch events of IE10 and even if I'm lucky enough to have a Windows 8 tablet, I was looking for a simpler way to do basic
tests on my classical laptop without switching to the tablet each time.
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Modern browsers like Internet Explorer 10 and 9 introduced sub-pixel font positioning as part of it's hardware-accelerated rendering of HTML5 content. That was an important step into the future as it enabled zoom-independent text metrics—an important characteristic when touch gestures like pinch-zoom are part of the browsing experience on Windows 8 touch-enabled devices.
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A Lap Around HTML5: HTML5 Graphics