JavaScript Based Applications

It’s becoming a brave new world in light of all of the possibilities that JavaScript coupled with HTML5 and CSS3 can do. I think the most interesting thing happening right now is mobile web applications. With the literal explosion of the mobile world, the need for web-based applications are expanding just as quickly. Although there will always be a place for native apps, web apps have their place, especially when the task are more goal orientated(shopping, news) vs. entertainment(games). There are a lot of js frameworks supporting the mobile app development, Sencha Touch, jQuery Mobile, and DHTMLX Touch just to name a few. They all offer a mixture of hybrid and full web app support and make it easier to target different devices without having to code in different languages for different platforms. The incredible thing is that all of this is done with a little ol’ JavaScript and some help from HTML5 and CSS3 while native applications require Java or C# depending on what platform you’re targeting. The need for a mobile experience is only going to grow and JavaScript is going to be the back bone to support it. There’s even talk of JavaScript server-side scripting making a move with node.js on the forefront. Can you imagine the power of JS, HTML5,CSS3 and Server-Side scripting?

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