Do you want to expand your web based solution to serve smart phone/tablet users? If yes, then you will have to opt for either a native mobile application or a web application. This blog provides for an extensive comparative study of both options and explains why HTML5 would prove to be a better solution.
Filed under: HTML, HTML5, Java, Mobile | 1 Comment »
Web Workers defines an API that can be used for running scripts in background threads. In traditional browsers javascript was capable of running in a single thread, due to which it was difficult to run background tasks. Also the capabilities and performance of client side applications were limited. However, there are some asynchronous functions like [...]
Filed under: HTML, HTML5, Javascript, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
Web Socket has been introduced in HTML5 to enable full duplex communication with minimum network traffic and latency. I was working on a PoC on HTMl5 Web Socket. In this blog I am sharing my experience about working with jWebSocket to get the basic WebSocket communication running. jWebSocket is pure Java/JavaScript based implementation for implementing [...]
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I had been following up on HTML5 for the last few months and Abhay’s XKE session a couple of days ago really helped better understand the scope and capabilities of HTML5 as a technology. But having worked with Flex for nearly three years and being familiar with what the Flash platform does offer, there was not [...]
Filed under: CSS, Flex, silverlight, Web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
