Stop Using Native HTML5

Kyle Simpson advises on accessing HTML5 or JavaScript native APIs though a façade built with h5ive that would protect the application code from evolving API changes over the following years. 
Stop Using Native HTML5

InfoQ: Web vs. Desktop Apps: “Never Bet Against the Open Web”

HTML5 and EcmaScript 5, provide very powerful APIs that blur the line between the Web and the Desktop user experience. This has resulted in more organizations choosing to build their applications using Web technologies, rather than using the traditional Desktop approach. In order to explore the evolution of this trend, InfoQ had an interview with Dylan Schieman, CEO of SitePen and co-creator of the Dojo Toolkit, about the potential of the Web platform.

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