The Web Platform
- October 1994 (MIT)
- Push the web to full potential
- Enforce Cross compatibility
- Adoption of Open Standards
- Design by committee
Ubiquity
Rich technologies helped the web move from 'document' to 'applications'
- The Ajax revolution
- HTML5
- Single Page Apps (client side apps)
- Tools & Frameworks
- Develop once deploy everywhere (wrapper/hybrid apps)
An 'always updated distribution'
Web Platform
- Evolving specifications and technologies
- Always updated distribution
- Ubiquity & openness
- Frameworks and tools built on primitives
THE WEB IS LOSING ON MOBILE
Steve Jobs Introduces iPhone [2007]
THE WEB IS LOSING ON EXPERIENCE
Slacking areas...
- Offline
- Device Sensors
- Discovery
- Performance
- Security and Privacy
The Extensible Web
The Web Application Facilitation Layer
"The Web platform is always playing catch-up" - Abhinav Rastogi
The Web Hypertext Application Technology
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