Since its creation in the earliest days of the Internet Era, the
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) has struggled to find a place as
anything more than a tool for the presentation or formatting of text and
images. HTML 5 has provided both the base functionality and ease of
extensibility that promises to elevate the once-lowly markup language to
a useful application development tool.
HTML 5 is best thought of as a web standard which combines the
simplicity of HTML, the presentation flexibility of the Cascading Style
Sheet 3 specification, and JavaScript’s ability to access and manipulate
real-time data on both the server and application levels. Although each
of these has its own relative strengths and weaknesses, they are at
their most synergistic when used concurrently within the HTML 5
framework.
A complete study of HTML 5 is far beyond the scope of this short
article. For a more thorough review of the topic, the interested reader
is encouraged to visit the World Wide Web Consortium’s HTML 5 Specification site. Instead, we will turn our attention to three areas where HTML 5 is already proving its utility.
HTML 5 for Web Site Development
Thanks to the inherent versatility of HTML 5, the need for extensive
skills in Cascading Style Sheets for content presentation or in
JavaScript, or some other CGI language, for form processing or database
design and access is quickly slipping into the past. HTML 5 provides
new, more versatile support for traditional form controls such as
buttons, boxes, and text areas, as well as the ability to automatically
update web content when newer content becomes available. This is, of
course, in addition to the already-existing ability to “customize”
content presentation to the individual’s preferences.
HTML 5 and Web Applications
The ability of HTML 5 to precisely define content, layout, and
server/client data exchanges makes this technology ideal for the
development of “cloud” applications or applications that require local
data sharing and collaboration. Although many such applications will
demand more than JavaScript and style sheets are currently capable of
delivering, HTML 5 will be useful in both prototyping and deployment of
web-based software applications.
Yet another exciting feature of HTML 5, which is discussed in the
following section, is that it allows both web site content and web
applications to be quickly “repackaged” for use on mobile devices.
HTML 5 and Mobile Devices
With HTML 5, it is now possible that web content presentation can be
optimized for the user’s mobile device. Using a combination of simple
JavaScript routines and style sheets that are device-specific, existing
web content can be tailored to the capabilities of devices such as smart
phones, tablets, and even e-book readers. In fact, the anticipated
future importance of HTML 5 is evidenced by the fact that companies such
as AT&T and Nokia now include support for HTML 5 as either a basic
component in their software development kits or as optional “add-ons” to
older packages.
The rapid acceptance of HTML 5 by the Web and application development
communities is a testament to this technology’s power and ease of use,
even by those who are relatively unfamiliar with its capabilities. Given
its modular design philosophy, it is likely that even more proprietary
and open source libraries, and other extensions, will become available
in the years ahead. These factors alone are reason enough that web and
application developers should strongly consider adding this technology
to their core programming skills.
1. the
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) has struggled to find a place as
anything more than a tool for the presentation or formatting of text and
images. (S+V+Adv)
2. A complete study of HTML 5 is far beyond the scope of this short
article.(S+V+Adv)
3. HTML 5 will be useful in both prototyping and deployment of
web-based software applications. (S+V+Adv)
4. web
applications to be quickly “repackaged” for use on mobile devices. (S+V+O)
5. Using a combination of simple
JavaScript routines and style sheets that are device-specific, existing
web content can be tailored to the capabilities of devices such as smart
phones, tablets, and even e-book readers. (S+V+O+O)
6. The rapid acceptance of HTML 5 by the Web and application development
communities is a testament to this technology’s power and ease of use (S+V+Adv)
7. will become available
in the years ahead (S+V)
8.
application developers should strongly consider adding this technology
to their core programming skills.(S+V+Adv)
9. web content presentation can be
optimized for the user’s mobile device. (S+V+Adv)
10. JavaScript’s ability to access and manipulate
real-time data on both the server and application levels. (S+V+Adv)
referensi : http://www.computerarticles.co.uk/trends-in-html-coding/
