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Establishing communication for applications can be done a number of ways. Historically, it is done via sessions and cookies. While this is adequate for most of todays needs, there is another way. Let’s start by defining the 2 methods of data storage local storage and cookies. HTML5 Local Storage Essentially, using local storage gives you […]
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IFrames are commonly used to allow embedding of third-party content. Many popular services, such as YouTube and Facebook, make extensive use of IFrames in their embeddable widgets. On a responsive website, all page components must be responsive. There are multiple ways of making an IFrame responsive. Some responsive IFrame use-cases can be solved with simple […]
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Cross Origin Resource Support or CORS for short, or HTTP Access Control, available in recent browsers, allows you to make cross-domain HTTP requests; the only requirement being that you must have control over the server-side implementation of the domain targeted in your XMLHttpRequest calls. Source: http://www.kendoui.com/blogs/teamblog/posts/11-10-03/using_cors_with_all_modern_browsers.aspx
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Took about 3 min to get this in place. IE9 doesnt support placeholders. This adds that functionality with NO changes to existing code. https://github.com/mathiasbynens/jquery-placeholder
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Using initializr.js, you can create an HTML5 template based on a few criteria. You can create responsive templates or a basic HTML5 boilerplate template to start your project from. Its a really good way to start a project or learn more about HTML5. View Initializr
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Semantic HTML is something that is consistently overlooked by developers. If you are building websites for marketing purposes, the single greatest mistake you can make with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is not pay attention to the structure of your code. Semantic HTML is defined as the use of HTML to define the meaning of your […]
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An extremely good resource for being able to interface with device hardware. So many applications for this. Using a device orientation can help in developing games or utilities. Applications that access hardware can add functionality to applications. In the near future, applications will be expected to control hardware like cameras, accelerometers, keyboards, etc. Check for […]
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If you are one of the countless developers that are now publishing applications using HTML5 or XHTML5 then you have to know about a few new syntax options. Some of these are pretty interesting and are shortcuts for development. DOCTYPE: DOCTYPEs in older versions of HTML were longer because the HTML language required a reference […]
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If you need a quick cheat sheet for HTML5 elements, use this table. It contains all the standard HTML5 elements you would use to build out a page. These items conform to the new HTML5.1 W3C standard. Tag Description <!–…–> Specifies a comment <!DOCTYPE> Specifies the document type <a> Specifies an anchor <abbr> Specifies an […]
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If you are not a native developer but have good JavaScript and HTML5 skills, then AppMobi is a great alternative for publishing apps to the app store and other mobile platforms. I personally have 6 applications in the app store built using AppMobi. They handle the wrapping, internal messaging and compiling of the app. You […]