HTML5
I would like to talk to you about HTML5, just to give you a little insight on what it is and where it came from.
A Little History
The initial draft of HTML5 was released on Jan 22, 2008. And it had evolved a lot since then with a great push from the community of engineers and big players in the IT industry.
One of the most notable backers was the late Steve Jobs, who’s public letter in April 2010 had the most impact on the standard’s popularity claiming that “new open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win”. Asserting the fact that other well established technologies like flash would eventually fade away into oblivion, more on this later in this article.
HTML5 has found its way into many popular websites and mobile applications, now this is interesting because without such early adoption, the standard will not evolve and mature as quickly as it should. This is also an indication to how useful it is, since it so happens that in the IT industry, survival is for the fittest. On that note, a report that came out in 2011 claimed that 34 of the world’s top 100 web-sties were using HTML5 with search engines and social networks in the lead.
Mobile
Among the major areas of interest for HTML5 is mobile development. Take the latest LinkedIn iPad application for example, it has only one native container that serves HTML5 content, it is smooth, sleek and very responsive making for a very enjoyable user experience!
That doesn’t necessarily mean that with HTML5 comes the death of the native applications, on the contrary, it simply means that software engineers and companies have more options now. For example, instead of being limited to the native UI components provided by any given platform, developers can now introduce more interesting ways for end users to interact with the mobile applications.
Mobile
Among the major areas of interest for HTML5 is mobile development. Take the latest LinkedIn iPad application for example, it has only one native container that serves HTML5 content, it is smooth, sleek and very responsive making for a very enjoyable user experience!
That doesn’t necessarily mean that with HTML5 comes the death of the native applications, on the contrary, it simply means that software engineers and companies have more options now. For example, instead of being limited to the native UI components provided by any given platform, developers can now introduce more interesting ways for end users to interact with the mobile applications.
HTML5 vs Flash
As stated earlier, many people started to argue the death of Flash with the introduction of HTML5, well it is true that it has seen some decline in recent years, but HTML5 won’t pose a threat to it until it is fully polished and mature. The future might prove this statement wrong or right.
Finally
Finally
HTML5 is sure to open great doors of opportunity for engineers all over the world with demand for it growing day by day. So don't be left behind, jump on the wagon and start working!
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