Creating Web Apps - The Camera API
If we are going to make web apps as powerful as native apps we are going to have to explore some of the less well known areas of HTML5. In this article the main topic is how to take a photo, but we...
View ArticleCreating Web Apps - The Device Orientation API
Knowing which way is up is often useful. The HTML Device Orientation API now provides a standard way for your apps to find out which way they are pointing - and the good news is that it really is...
View ArticleCreating Web Apps - The Touch API
Touch interfaces are spreading and web pages can no longer ignore touch, even on the desktop. The HTML5 touch API is fairly well supported, so let's find out how it works.
View ArticleWeb Apps In The Browser - BeforeUnload
One of the big problems with building a web application is keeping the browser from messing up your best efforts. You can see the browser as an enemy trying to enforce a more general behavior on your...
View ArticleCSS For Programmers - Building a Custom CSS Button
CSS - it's all about presentation and style, the sort of thing designers worry about, not programmers. In fact CSS is more important than HTML5. After all, it actually controls how the UI looks and...
View ArticleHTML5/CSS Layout
The HTML default layout rules can be a mystery. They are usually introduced to users late on and as part of achieving something complicated and this tends to obscure the principles. So if you want to...
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