Rich Internet applications (RIA) are Web-based applications that have some characteristics of graphical desktop applications. Built with powerful development tools, RIAs can run faster and be more ...

While HTML5 has anchored the open web platform, the platform itself has increasingly become bigger than just HTML, Jaffe said. So the W3C is working on security, performance, and streaming.

A huge chasm divides the application development world, one that dozens of vendors are rushing to fill. On one side are desktop applications, on the other are Web applications. In between are rich ...

All Web APIs (Application Programming Interface) supply code so that you don’t have to. They handle the intricate low-level details, allowi ...

Web apps, obviously, benefit from a huge selection of tools, frameworks, and extensions. Several cross-platform mobile application frameworks are using HTML for UI design, and even desktop apps can ...