In this tutorial, Sandeep Panda gives an overview of indexedDB API and explains how to use it to create a simple notepad application.Read More
APIs
Why do avatar uploads restrict us on file size? You know, “Please select an image (maximum 50 KB).” And why haven’t photo manipulation Web apps come to fruition, since canvas has been... Read More
HTML5 has introduced many new interesting APIs, including WebSockets. WebSockets allow developers to create powerful real time applications by establishing socket connections between the browser and... Read More
Modern web applications can access a user’s browsing history using the History API. As of HTML5 you can also manipulate history entries with great flexibility. This tutorial gives an overview... Read More
Mozilla has been hard at work on their new operating system, Firefox OS. This week they took another step towards legitimacy with the announcement of developer preview devices – known as the... Read More
In Getting Directions Using the Google Maps API, I explained how to create a service that lets a user find a route from one address to another. In this article, you’ll learn how to use the... Read More
Making Ajax calls using the XmlHttpRequest object is a well established technique for generating dynamic server requests. However, Ajax does not allow the server to directly initiate data transfers... Read More
In Working with Geolocation and the Google Maps API you learned how to determine a user’s physical location and display it on a map. In this followup article, you’ll create a service that... Read More
As the mobile Web continues to grow, APIs are being designed which specifically target mobile devices. A prime example is the W3C’s Vibration API, which gives developers access to a... Read More
One of today’s most used APIs is the Geolocation API. Geolocation allows an application to determine your physical coordinates, and tailor the application to you. This has the potential to... Read More
Mobile devices represent an increasingly large segment of all Web traffic. This traffic is so substantial, that APIs and design practices have been created specifically to cater to mobile devices. An... Read More
In today’s world, performance really matters. Developers need to be able to accurately measure the performance of their software. For those who work on the web, the W3C has a brand new API for... Read More
Page load time is one of the most important aspects of user experience on the web. When pages load too slowly, users quickly become frustrated and take their business elsewhere. Unfortunately,... Read More
There’s been a bit of an explosion in the HTML5/JavaScript gaming sphere of late. Browser games have seen a surge in popularity, and developers are beginning to find a suite of handy APIs and... Read More
