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Angry Birds on HTML5

Topics
HTML5,
Rich Internet Apps,
HTML,
GOTO 2011,
Web Development,
Markup Languages,
GOTO Conference,
Languages,
Porting,
Programming,
Chrome,
Game,
Conferences

Joel Webber explains what it took for Google to port Angry Birds to Chrome/HTML5, the challenges and technical solutions used.

News about Chrome

Jetty gets Speedy

Topics
Google,
Firefox,
Companies,
Chrome,
Jetty

The Jetty project recently announced that Jetty now has SPDY support. InfoQ caught up with Greg Wilkins and Simone Bordet to find out more about the protocol, and what advantages it may bring.

Mozilla Mulls H.264 Support

Topics
iOS,
WebM,
Operating Systems,
Mobile,
Chrome,
Firefox,
H264,
Mozilla

Historically, Mozilla has rejected the use of non-open codecs (such as H.264), a subject that has been covered before on InfoQ. The main reason is ideological; H.264 is covered by patents and licensed by the MPEG-LA. Could this stance be softening, with the proposal to allow platform-provided codecs for video support?

Google Dart Roundup: Dartium Binaries Available, I/O Libraries, Book and Docs

Topics
Google Dart,
Debuggers,
Dynamic Languages,
Languages,
Debugging,
Programming,
Chrome

The first binaries of Dartium, Chrome with a built-in Dart VM, are now available for download. Dartium has the beginnings of debugging support in Dev Tools. Meanwhile, a lot of documentation resources have become available both from Google and outside.

Preview the Next JavaScript in Google Chrome

Topics
Javascript,
Web Development,
Dynamic Languages,
Languages,
EcmaScript Harmony,
Google V8,
Programming,
Chrome,
ECMA,
Standardization

Google Chrome and V8 now support some of the features planned for the next version of JavaScript, known as ECMAScript 3.1 “Harmony”. To try out these features you can use dev channel release of Chrome with the “Experimental JavaScript features” flag turned on.

Joel Webber on Porting Angry Birds to HTML5

Topics
HTML5,
HTML,
Rich Internet Apps,
Java,
GarbageCollection,
Markup Languages,
Web Development,
Languages,
Chrome,
Programming,
Porting,
Game

Joel Webber, co-creator of the Google Web Toolkit, held the session Angry Birds on HTML5 at GOTO Aarhus 2011, recorded and published by InfoQ. We interviewed Webber to find out more details on porting the popular game Angry Birds to Google Chrome and HTML 5.

Articles about Chrome

Book Excerpt and Interview: Deploying HTML5

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

Tomorrow’s Tech Today: HTML5

Topics
HTML 5,
HTML5,
Rich Internet Apps,
HTML,
Web Development,
Markup Languages,
Strange Loop 2010,
Languages,
Strange Loop,
Architecture,
Internet,
Conferences,
Programming,
Chrome,
Firefox,
Safari,
Internet Explorer

Scott Davis reviews some of the most important HTML5 features: new semantic elements - header, footer, nav, section, and article-, form enhancements - placeholder text, autocomplete, autofocus, and validation-, video and mobile support.

Interviews about Chrome

Debugging Single Page Web Apps with Michael Mahemoff

Topics
HTML 5,
HTML5,
Javascript,
HTML,
Rich Internet Apps,
Dynamic Languages,
Markup Languages,
Web Development,
QCon London 2011,
Languages,
QCon,
Debugging,
Firebug,
Chrome,
Programming,
Architecture,
Conferences

Chrome Developer Advocate Michael Mahemoff, talks about the importance of single page web apps and the challenges that developers have to face while building them. He elaborates on developer tools, debugging techniques, Chrome Web Store and the future of web apps.

Brad Abrams on Google, Spring Tools Integration

Topics
JVM,
Virtual Machines,
Spring,
Python,
Javascript,
Runtimes,
GWT,
Google AppEngine,
Java Web Frameworks,
Web Development,
Web Frameworks,
Dependency Injection,
Java,
SpringSource,
Dynamic Languages,
Languages,
Open Source,
AJAX,
WOA,
PaaS,
Design Pattern,
Google,
VMWare,
Architecture,
Rich Internet Apps,
Programming,
Object Oriented Design,
Patterns,
Design,
Companies,
Chrome,
SpringSource Tool Suite,
Spring Insight,
SpringOne 2010,
Cloud Computing,
Spring Roo

In this interview Google tools honcho from Brad Abrams talks about how Google tools integrate with Spring tools to help make Java developers’ lives easier. Abrams discusses Google’s reasons for targeting the popular Spring Framework. He also delves into the integrations between Google App Engine, Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and Speed Tracer with Spring tools such as Roo, STS, Spring Insight and more.

Doug Crockford on HTML and Fixing the Web

Topics
HTML 5,
EJB,
jQuery,
HTML5,
Javascript,
Java EE,
HTML,
Rich Internet Apps,
Spring,
Strange Loop 2010,
Web Development,
Dynamic Languages,
Markup Languages,
Dependency Injection,
Java,
SpringSource,
Google,
Languages,
W3C,
Strange Loop,
Design Pattern,
VMWare,
AJAX,
Architecture,
Language,
Specifications,
H.264,
Design,
Safari,
Programming,
Conferences,
Yahoo!,
Internet Explorer,
Companies,
Patterns,
Ogg Theora,
Opera,
Object Oriented Design,
Apple,
Chrome,
Canvas

In this interview, Doug Crockford discusses his views on HTML5, which basically amount to a warning that the technology is not quite ready and poses potential risks is widely adopted too quickly. Crockford also talks about the evolution of JavaScript, which has become his favorite language, and of the ECMAScript 5 standard. In addition, Crockford calls for the eradication of IE6.