Mobile apps are a secret weapon for success nowadays. Though plenty already exist, their development and usage are going to be key in 2016. With the result of the enormous growth of Mobile Application, it is clear that if companies are not investing in mobile applications, they will fall behind or become obsolete sooner or later.
There are a significant number of platforms available for developing applications, but hybrid HTML5 is expected to become the most obvious choice for most enterprise use cases in 2016. It is because of hybrid architecture combines the portability of HTML5 Web apps with an original container to native device features.
HTML5 was created by the W3C, a global, non-profit consortium. HTML5 is the fifth revision and newest version of the HTML standard. It offers new features that create web applications, supports rich media that can interact with the user local data and servers.
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Why There Is Need Of Web Alternative?
The potential of mobile devices has enhanced with the need for context awareness, which has motivated the developers to consider both hybrid and native architectures. So for applications to hold location information, notification systems, mapping capabilities on-device hardware such as the camera, the application needs a hybrid or native architectures.
The newer version of HTML5 makes feature-rich Web-based applications quickly which can be updated remotely with new functionality without requiring users to download and install an update every time. HTML5 helps to reduce the functionality gap between mobile websites and apps.
New Specifications Extend The Reach Of HTML5:
HTML5 is turning to be more useful for a growing range of applications with the improvements to core HTML5 capabilities. Some powerful features of HTML5 are Web Sockets, Server-Sent Events, and Web Messaging.
The growing interest in using JavaScript as the programming language of the web also allows the developer to take advantage of HTML5 capabilities. There is also a buzz of JavaScript application development with NOSQL databases like MongoDB, Node.js as an application server, as well as an ever-growing number of client-side JavaScript frameworks to render content in the browser like Angular.js, Ember.js, and Backbone.js. Therefore, HTML5 is continuing to grow and will dominate on the Web.
Future Of HTML 5 In Games:
HTML5 is a not a programming language but rather it delivers APIs for new solutions like Canvas, WebGL or WebAudio. They are responsible for crucial components within game creation allowing them to run in the browser. Therefore, game creators are sacrificing Flash for HTML5.
The foundation of the game is laid on Canvas on which makes programming graphics display possible. Moreover, WebGL and Canvas also allows to draw graphics that are hardware accelerated by GPU. WebGL that is based on OpenGL ES 2.0 providing two and three-dimensional graphics interfaces. These possibilities make HTML5 efficient and impressive.
HTML5 has used a base technology for games. It provides all essential functionalities necessary to create a game.
Challenges With HTML5:
With honest reviews, HTML5 has several shortcomings.
- The implementation of HTML5 is not uniform. It varies from browser to browser and from a mobile platform to mobile platform.
- HTML5 apps can also be afflicted by slowness and often work erratically when a data connection isn’t available or is intermittent.
- It lacks the DRM (Digital Rights Management) needed for many multimedia services and does not support background processing.
- It misses the secure storage and notifications outside of applications.
- It places a heavy onus on organic SEO (search engine optimisation) and PPC mobile marketing as there is no centralised app store marketplace.
Future Trends Of Application Development Fall In HTML5:
It is expected that HTML 5’s fast loading feature will be appreciated by many mobile browsers and application users. 67% of the developers are building apps for businesses that will increase the usage and adoption of HTML5. Sencha 6th Annual Developer Survey revealed that in 2016, HTML 5 will be used maximum in building web apps. Very soon, HTML 5 will be considered necessary for building cross-platform web apps, especially as most of the companies are facing problems related to form factors, fragmentation, and OS compatibility.
Certainly, HTML5 will become a strong platform and its functionalities will allow us to create really exciting and innovative productions.
About the Author:Samuel Dawson is a PSD to HTML5 theme developer in Designs2html Ltd. He’s being active in HTML5 technologies to deliver effective and progressive results to those users who are looking for positive outcome.
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