Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Feb 28 11:26:06 CST 2012
HTML5 is just the tip of the learning. It is not a big curve: http://www.w3schools.com/html5/default.asp The real work is the associated JavaScript which is ugly at best and unstable at worst. A lot of people out there have not moved on, in their browser choices and they can not use the new internet standards. Some of the nuts out there still believe that JS is dangerous and that it can compromise your system. I have challenged these people for years and they have never been able to show me an example, not one or have I ever been able to find one... such are the myths around JS. Then there is CSS3 which is a really just inter-active style sheets. It takes a minute to learn but a life-time to master. Then there is the back-end part of this world. The BE universe is huge and complex. It is not just a database like MS SQL, but clusters of databases of various kinds and natures, complex security, backups, web managers like Apache and IIS and even Node.js and it goes on and on. The one big change that I have really enjoyed is to see the end of the "bound" database...it is now being assigned to the dust-bin of history and it couldn't happen soon enough. It has always been the unstable part of ever application and it is good to see it go. :-) Now the focus has moved away from the desktop, that we are so use to and to browsers which in turn are being directed towards smart phones and net pads and their realistate and functionality is quite different. So as said HTML5 is just the lid to a very big can. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:31 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] HTML 5 coders This is the hot ticket right now with the forth coming Windows 8 and Metro style apps. It wasn't too long ago that Microsoft was hiring HTML5 developers. In fact there was a bit of a dust-up over it because come columnist spotted the local ad well before Microsoft announced anything on Windows 8 and they tipped their hand a bit by doing so. Windows 8 represents a new way of doing things and prime opportunity for a lot of folks to up sell; there's blood in the water and a lot of outfits are looking to cash in. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 08:34 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] HTML 5 coders >From this week's issue of Bloomberg: HTML-5 coders commanding $250/hr !!! Does anyone know if any of MSFT's web dev offerings support HTML-5 ? They've got VS 2010, Web Expression, Web Matrix, etc. Which one to "go with" ? -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com