HTML5 Development

HTML5 is revolutionizing the web by allowing the creation of web applications with interactivity of native client applications. This is all made possible through the tight coupling of HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3) and Javascript. This integration when combined with the application cache feature of HTML5 allows the creation of web applications that can function offline, much in the same way as a native client. In this offline mode, these applications can access local hardware such as cameras and GPS sensors that are normally prohibited from web based applications. And best of all, you can write the application once, and it will work on any device that adheres to the new HTML standard.

Native applications, specifically compiled and optimized for a mobile platform, will continue to be the recommended approach for graphics and compute intensive applications. In addition, HTML5 is still a young standard and not yet fully supported by all the commonly used browsers. However, with the ongoing effort to improve Javascript performance as well as the push for greater adherence of browsers to the full HTML5 standards, the number of applications that need to be locally optimized will decrease over time.

ICS - Helping you optimize your use of HTML5

The technical tradeoff of when to use HTML5 vs implementing a native application is not always obvious. ICS, with its breadth of experience in developing mobile applications on all the popular platforms, can not only help guide you in selecting an architecture, but we can also help you quickly implement it. Regardless of your starting point — an application targeted at a single mobile platform or an existing standard server side webpage — bring it to us first, and we will help you best use HTML5.

One of ICS's consulting managers, Jeff Tranter, has written a series of articles for the Intel AppUp℠ developer program—
Developing HTML5 Applications for AppUp℠

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