Web Technologies
Some technologies are so important that it pays every web developer to have a basic knowledge of them. Here are some web technologies for 2015, the basics of which every web developer should grasp.
In the early days of the internet, a primer in HTML markup and an eye for layout was enough to get you started putting together web pages. However, the Web has evolved (and continues to do so) at a breathtaking pace, constantly introducing new technologies and techniques.
However, some technologies those are so important that it pays every web developer to have a basic knowledge of them. In this article web technologies for 2015, the basics of which every web developer should grasp. These techniques all work together to some extent, so the lines that divide them can be a little blurred; together, though, they form a suite of techniques to help you build slick, efficient, modern and robust sites for your users.
1. HTML5
Of course, HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) has been the main markup language for pages on the Web since the beginning. Each subsequent version of the HTML specification has introduced a greater range of abilities to the language, but the recently introduced HTML5 specification is arguably the biggest leap forward that HTML has ever made.
The importance of HTML5 starts with its aim to end the nightmare of browser plugins. The inclusion of a whole range of new media tags like <audio> and <video> means that many of the abilities formerly provided via plugins such as Flash are now handled natively.
Under HTML5, for instance, embedding a video element can be as simple as this:
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<video src="myMovie.mp4" poster="myMovie.jpg" controls>
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This is some content to display if the browser does not support the video element.
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</video>
In addition, HTML5 adds new semantic markup tags...