HTML5 Features You Should Try -2019

HTML 5 is the latest specification of the HTML language and represents a major break with previous markup practices. The purpose of the many profound compared to the language was to standardize the new ways in which developers were using it, as well as to encourage a single set of best practices with regarding to web development. The core feature of HTML 5 is semantic (meaningful) markup, which makes it more suitable for a web developer.

HTML5 is special because it makes the Internet better. It seeks to improve the way the web works and performs, making it easier for developers to create terrific sites and making it more efficient for users to experience those sites regardless of the browser or platform they are using. HTML5 promises to make the Internet more functional and interactive. It seeks to transform a World Wide Web of relatively flat, static pages into one filled with web applications — as compelling as desktop versions — running in browsers.

Put another way, HTML5 represents the progression of the core language that underlies the Internet. It is the common link that web browsers and web servers share as they work together to render pages and applications across platforms like desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. For any web developer or designer, HTML5 tools prove to be a great help when it comes to step up their workflow and perform repetitive tasks. These tools are blessed with all the richness and power that help webmasters to augment the value of their work and improve the usability of their web designs.

HTML5 has been around for a while now, it introduces lots of new and exciting new JavaScript and HTML APIs for both mobile and desktop, so in this post you will discover some HTML5 features that will enhance your web apps and will save you a lot of time.

DNS Prefetching

DNS hostname resolution is one of the issues that can make any website slow. Modern browsers start to be very smart when it comes to DNS resolution, they try to resolve domain names then cache them before the user tries to follow any link on the webpage.

With the dns-prefetch feature you are allowed to manually control this operation by telling the browser which domain names to resolve :

1. <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//fonts.googleapis.com">


2. <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//google-analytics.com">


3. <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//www.google-analytics.com">


4. <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//platform.twitter.com">

Link Prefetching

Link prefetching allows developers to specify pages or assets they want to silently preload once the page load, like loading the first search results :

1. <link rel="prefetch" href="http://arnasoftech.com/hire-dedicated-developers" />


2. <link rel="prefetch" href="http://deker.me/assets/images/avatar.png" />

Also you can use the prerendering feature which will make your website even faster, the browser will fetch and render the entire next page on the background and show it only when the user click on the link :

1. <link rel="prerender" href="http://arnasoftech.com/hire-dedicated-developers" />

Download Attribute

The HTML5 download attribute allows developers to force a file to download rather than go to that specific page, you no longer need to rely on server side code to do that :

1. <a href="download_pdf.php?id=15" download="myfile.pdf">Download PDF</a>

Regular Expressions

I know you'll fall in love with this feature, no more js or a server side code to check if the user's input is a valid email or url adress, with the pattern attribute you can use regular expressions directly :

1. <input type="email" pattern="[^ @]*@[^ @]*" value="">

Datalist Element

Datalist element is a litle big addition, no more use of jQuery plugins for autocomplete inputs combined with a server side code that hit the database on each user keystroke :

<form action="form.php" method="post">

<input list="cars" name="cars" >

<datalist id="cars">

   <option value="Volvo">

   <option value="BMW">

   <option value="Bugatti">

   <option value="Cadillac">

   <option value="Chevrolet">

   <option value="Chrysler">

</datalist>

<input type="submit" />

</form>

I hope this will help you save time and enhance you coding skills, let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Arna Softech is a premier web app development solutions company. Our focus always remains on how we can achieve the objectives laid out in the most well-organized and user friendly manner.