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Meet the Web Platform Again for the First Time
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
A few weeks ago one of my developer friends was gushing about the capabilities of his favorite native platform. After every point I felt obliged to point out that the web platform either already had or was actively developing precisely the same capabilities—and then some. He was incredulous. "Prove it," he said.
So I pulled together a few of my favorite examples from the cutting edge of the web platform and recorded three screencasts to help my friend—and others—meet the web platform again for the first time.
The first video, Building on Foundations, goes over how the web platform has been fixing various historical shortcomings and building upon its core strengths, like complicated graphical effects, composability, and advanced text layout.
The next video, Learning from Other Platforms, reviews how the web platform offers new capabilities inspired by successes on other platforms with things like push notifications, payment APIs, and web intents.
The last video, On the Cutting Edge, demonstrates some of the new tricks the web platform is learning, like webcam access, powerful audio APIs, and complicated 3D graphics.
If you're interested in learning more about the technology behind any of the demos, check out the Meet the Web Platform
companion guide
.
I hope these videos capture your imagination and begin to show what is possible on the web platform. The web platform is evolving at an enormous pace, and I just can't wait to see where it goes next!
Posted by Alex Komoroske, Product Manager
HTML5 Rocks!: A resource for open web developers
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Because HTML5 and its related technologies cover so much ground, it can be a real challenge to get up to speed on them. That’s why today we're sharing
HTML5 Rocks
, a great new resource for developers and teams looking to put HTML5 to use today, including more information on specific features and when to use them in your apps.
We're launching the site with
nine tutorials
on specific HTML5 features. For example, you can learn how to successfully
take your application offline
,
access the user's location with Geolocation
, and even
read local files from within JavaScript
. In the site, we’ve also included a number of APIs that are defined outside the W3C HTML5 Spec, but kept them within this site as next-generation web applications span many specs. Watch the site as we’ll soon be adding more guides.
The
Interactive Presentation
, written in HTML5, demonstrates a number of features with examples you can toy with. You can use this presentation to learn more about HTML5, but also to conduct presentations with your team. Feel free to share it; all the content here is licensed
Creative Commons Attribution
.
The
code playground
lets you take working examples and edit them live, so you can get a feel for how the browser reacts to these APIs. And after you’ve hacked with, for example, the Notifications API, you can explore
handpicked resources
that include reference guides, development tools, and other community sites.
Send us a tweet at
@ChromiumDev
or post to the
Chromium HTML5 group
to let us know how we can improve the site for you. We look forward to seeing you experiment and build apps with these features!
Posted by Paul Irish, Google Chrome Developer Relations
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