Giving Your Mobile Apps the Power of HTML5

The world is going mobile. Everything we know is becoming pocket friendly and portable. This portability has opened up new horizons for technology and the possibilities are practically limitless. In tandem with the evolution of mobile technologies, mobile apps have also evolved. Today, the world of mobile apps is no longer just about building functionality; it is about encapsulating the functionality into a beautiful yet simple user interface and delivering it to the end user. The goal is to build gorgeous mobile app UIs and make them smoother in their transitions from one state to another.

This has become possible with the advent of new technologies and improved APIs which have made applications smoother in their workflow, quicker in their execution mechanisms and more beautiful in their interface. One such technology, which has contributed to such improved mobile apps is HTML5. HTML5 has completely changed the way applications are built and has made them better and simpler.

New World of Apps with HTML5
The power we harness from our smart devices in just a few taps on our touch screen is all because of simple lines of code being carried out at the back end of applications. The world of technology we live in is all about fragments of code written to access and display the information we need – all in the blink of an eye. This technological revolution in the mobile space turned a new leaf with the advent of HTML5. HTML5 is indeed a fast growing trend. According to a survey conducted by Forbes, the top 100 websites in 2011-2012 alone were all developed using HTML5. Furthermore, 153 of the top 500 companies listed by Forbes in the same timeframe implemented HTML5 on their corporate websites. By the time we bid adieu to 2014, the world will virtually be dominated byHTML5.

HTML5 is the latest version of the age-old markup language put to use in the development of web pages and web applications. HTML5 comes with loads of additional features like better-inbuilt libraries, smoother transitions, and ease of code implementation– all of which empower the coder to further explore the world of mobile applications.

HTML5 is a simple markup language with the power to transform the process of application development and create apps and websites that have a responsive design. A responsive design is a way of designing applications that have a smooth and clear interface that adapts itself to the environment that it is running on (i.e. Desktop and mobile environments).

Software Development and HTML5
The process of software development

 to create mobile apps is a refined one and takes into account every fine detail. The slightest error in the syntax, such as missing a comma, would result in a code that doesn’t work. In order to control errors, extreme caution must be taken while writing code. This is what HTML5 builds upon, and with built-in libraries and other functions made possible using HTML5, the process of development has been somewhat automated. Inbuilt code functions allow the developer save time and write more efficient code by reducing the lines of code to be processed by the compiler at the time of execution.

Advantages of Using HTML5
With HTML5 and CSS3 (cascaded style sheets), the world of mobile applications has been transformed for the better. CSS3 is the latest version of the styling component of development. CSS contains all the information about the placement of components, design, behavior, color and other styling features that are being used in any application. Below are some advantages of HTML5:

• Easier to use, built-in libraries help in the development process by providing assistance to the developer.
• Fewer lines of code are needed to perform a task. This makes the applications developed using HTML5 quicker, better, and much lighter for the system. Thus, they consume less system resources.
• Enables responsive design, making which adjusts to the screen size of any device, giving the user a smooth UI.
• Provides ease of animation and styling as HTML 5 offers a number of built- in functions to aid designers and help them insert various effects and transitions into the application(s).

HTML5 emerges as a useful tool for all the developers, irrespective of the platform they are developing for. From mobile apps to web-based applications, most everything are possible with HTML5.. HTML5 has completely changed the world of mobile apps by empowering developers and giving them the ability to create amazing APIs and UIs. HTML5 is in the truest sense a great tool for mobile app development and gives portability a new meaning.