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HTML 5 Design and Development Tooling

Topics
HTML5,
CSS3,
HTML,
CSS,
Rich Internet Apps,
Javascript,
Web Development,
QCon San Francisco 2011,
Markup Languages,
Dynamic Languages,
Cross Platform,
Languages,
QCon,
Mobile Development,
Adobe,
Tools,
Programming,
Mobile,
Companies,
Conferences,
Agile,
Browsers

Greg Wilson and Christophe Coenraets demo Adobe Edge, a motion and interaction tool, CSS Regions and Shaders, and PhoneGap.

News about Browsers

Mozilla Prepares a Separate Firefox Release for the Enterprise

Topics
Operations,
Infrastructure,
Enterprise,
Firefox,
Browsers

Mozilla will create a separate Firefox release for enterprises, but it will come with less security and stability fixes. Organizations interested in such a version are invited to participate in alpha and beta testing.

Google proposes Dart bindings and Multi-VM support to WebKit

Topics
Javascript,
Web Development,
Dynamic Languages,
Languages,
Google,
Programming,
Browsers,
Companies,
WebKit

Google’s Vijay Menon proposed on the WebKit developers mailing list the creation of a branch that would add support for multiple runtimes and ready made bindings for the Dart language. Other languages that could be supported are Python, Java, Ruby, Lua and more.

WebGL, WebCL, MultiCores: The State and Future of Parallel Javascript in the Browser with RiverTrail

Topics
HTML 5,
HTML5,
Javascript,
HTML,
Rich Internet Apps,
Intel,
Dynamic Languages,
Web Development,
Markup Languages,
SOA Platforms,
Cloud Security,
Companies,
Languages,
Parallel Programming,
SOA,
Cloud Computing,
Security,
Enterprise Architecture,
Programming,
Architecture,
Browsers

JavaScript has remained sequential although parallel processing capabilities are currently available even on mobile devices. Intel Labs has been working on an extension of JavaScript that takes advantage of multi-core systems and has released a Firefox plugin. InfoQ had an exclusive interview with  Stephan Herhut from Intel Labs about this work.

Adobe Will No Longer Develop Flash for Mobile Browsers

Topics
HTML 5,
HTML5,
HTML,
Markup Languages,
Flash,
Web Development,
Adobe,
Languages,
Mobile,
Programming,
Rich Internet Apps,
Browsers,
Companies

Adobe has decided to stop developing Flash for mobile browsers. They will focus instead on creating tools for native applications using AIR and HTML5 ones.

Articles about Browsers

Book Excerpt and Interview: Deploying HTML5

Topics
HTML 5,
HTML5,
Ruby,
HTML,
Rich Internet Apps,
Web Development,
Java,
Dynamic Languages,
Markup Languages,
.NET,
Languages,
Architecture,
Internet,
Programming,
Firefox,
Chrome,
Opera,
Browsers,
Safari,
Internet Explorer,
Standardization

Deploying HTML5 is a book written by Aditya Yadav, a former Sr. Architect for ThoughtWorks and actual CTO of a consultancy firm, explaining the HTML5 standard components, showing how they are implemented across major browsers and providing code samples for using them.

Presentations about Browsers

JavaScript Today and Tomorrow: Evolving the Ambient Language of the Ambient Computing Era

Topics
Javascript,
QCon London 2012,
Dynamic Languages,
Languages,
QCon,
EcmaScript Harmony,
Web Development,
Conferences,
Programming,
EcmaScript 5,
Browsers

Allen Wirfs-Brock reviews the evolution of JavaScript, observing its current status and foreseeing its near future, supporting the idea that JavaScript’s role will be even more predominant.

Building Offline Access to Websites Using HTML5

Topics
HTML5,
HTML,
Rich Internet Apps,
Web Development,
Markup Languages,
QCon San Francisco 2011,
Caching,
Languages,
QCon,
Clustering & Caching,
Programming,
Conferences,
Performance & Scalability,
Browsers,
Infrastructure

Israel Hilerio presents how to cache data locally with HTML5 technologies: IndexedDB, App Cache, DOM Storage and File API.

The Live Web

Topics
HTML5,
HTML,
Rich Internet Apps,
Web Development,
Web Frameworks,
Markup Languages,
GOTO 2011,
Languages,
WOA,
GOTO Conference,
Programming,
Architecture,
Lively Kernel,
Conferences,
Browsers

Dan Ingalls presents web applications running on the Lively Kernel platform.

Interviews about Browsers

Allen Wirfs-Brock on ECMAScript, Browsers and the Ambient Computing Era

Topics
Google Dart,
Dynamic Languages,
Microsoft,
Languages,
Internet Explorer,
Companies,
Programming,
EcmaScript 5,
Mozilla,
Browsers,
Web Browser

Allen Wirfs-Brock talks about the ambient computng era and how the web and the browsers fit in this vision. He also shares his experiences from working on EcmaScript 5/6, and explains about the evolution of this spec.

Browser APIs, Extentions and Add-on Security, with Brian Warner

Topics
Javascript,
Extensibility,
OOP,
Web Development,
Dynamic Languages,
QCon San Francisco 2010,
Methodologies,
QCon,
Languages,
Firefox,
Architecture,
Programming,
Conferences,
Browsers,
CommonJS

Brian Warner, which is an engineer with Mozilla Labs, talks about Browser Extension APIs and how the Jetpack SDK and CommonJS are changing the way we use the browser as a development platform. He also talks about the differences between the popular browsers and the security considerations that arise from trusting 3rd-party add-ons.