PhoneGap makes building iPhone and Android applications a snap with regular HTML, CSS and JavaScript. XUI is a nifty javascript microframework designed for building mobile web applications. Avoid the heresy of Objective-C or Java and return to the sanity of the open web. In this talk Brian will guide you …
This video provides an in-depth look into the use of HTML 5 WebSocket and the techniques and technologies required to build Web applications with WebSockets. Furthermore, it introduces the Kaazing Gateway, an opens source WebSocket server, and discusses the network architecture necessary to power Web applications using WebSockets.
The HTML 5 specification is set to forever change the way in which we build applications for the Web. One innovation- WebSocket- in particular will enable full-duplex HTTP communication, and finally bring an end to the tired “click and wait†paradigm traditionally associated with the Web. Prior to the introduction …
In some ways, the Contact Form is the “Hello, World!†application of web designers and web developers. It is nothing that hasn’t been done before a million times, but it is symbolic of being able to control the design of a page as well as make a page truly functional. …
Many sites do not use any fancy Content Management System (CMS) to generate their pages, they are just just good ol’ static HTML content. A site for your grandmothers pie baking business probably only has a few pages, perhaps a homepage, about page, and contact page. Each of these pages …
Using a variation of the CSS Sprites technique, we can create a “three state†menu using only one image per menu item. This reduces the number of requests on your server as well as eliminates any “pauses†while moving to a different state like some other techniques can have. This …