HTML 5 and Ajax

HTML 5 is the latest version of one of the first languages for websites. The project was started in 2004 – a fitting timeline considering the improvements in the software and online industry have been very impressive. This update in HTML plans to cater more than just simple interfaces in properly building a website.

On the earlier versions, HTML is just made to load the entire webpage for every data request. Although this setting is still adaptable to simple websites, the increasing load for browsers even with HTML has prompted call for significant changes in website languages. The mere fact that the addition of other programming languages in most websites should make developers seek solutions to challenges of HTML.

One of the challenges the latest version of HTML is on how to deal with Ajax and JavaScript based online applications. HTML is still a popular markup language to be integrated with JavaScript. HTML provides a lightweight interface in the application. HTML could be used to load the interface of the application while JavaScript could be called to launch the specific functions. Although other languages could still be applied to JavaScript to build an Ajax based application, HTML has made a distinction because of the inherent familiarity to most developers.

With the development of HTML 5, interaction with Ajax and other client side programming languages will greatly improve. The use of powerful functions such as iFrame and data transmission formats such as XHTML could be easily implemented with the assistance of HTML 5.

But there are certain challenges HTML 5 has to overcome before it could be fully recognized as a language for the client side. One of the biggest reasons an application do not have the ability to properly implement HTML 5 is largely because it’s not really finished. Although specifications on how to deal with HTML 5 has to be laid out, there are certain things that are not properly addressed in HTML especially with the client side. For example, the browser compatibility of HTML 5 is still not there.

Although all browsers have the ability to easily implement basic HTML, its latest version may not have the same reception. There’s also a bit of controversy brewing on the non-adoption of HTML 5 to the audio format .ogg. Although it’s just a small part of the development process, excluding a popular audio format has caused an outrage for different developers. There are applications based on audio servicing and the exclusion of .ogg debilitates the application.

Fortunately, HTML 5 is still relatively young in terms of implementation. There are still things that developers do not understand about HTML 5. It is only through careful understanding that the programming language any developed could fully appreciate – and implement the latest version of HTML.

For the meantime, the use of old version of HTML with JavaScript still stands. But time will come when HTML 5 becomes the standard for HTML based applications. It will take some time considering quick improvement of other programming languages but it will happen.