Future of Web Development Services: HTML 5 and CSS 3
Everybody is aware of the importance of Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in web development. HTML helps in creating web pages. It is simple to understand and use. It is free and is supported by every browser. HTML and CSS are search engine friendly languages and so widely used by web development services. CSS reduces the size of coding and enables the website to load faster. It offers greater flexibility than HTML in terms of effect and design. HTML and CSS are the two recommended languages in web development by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
The only thing that is constant is Change. Changes are bound to occur in every arena. Web development trends are no exception! HTML and CSS has developed considerably. There are many versions of HTML available in the market. This budding language is given a number when a new version enters the market. At present, the versions of HTML available in the market are HTML, version 3, version 3.2, version 4.0, and version 4.01. HTML 5 is the upcoming version which is still not developed. So is the case with CSS! CSS Level 1, CSS Level 2, CSS 2.1, and CSS 3 are established CSS versions in the market.
HTML 5 is expected to be of immense help to web development services. Professional web development services all over the world are likely to shift to this version of HTML once it is out. HTML was first developed by IBM to facilitate the transfer of files between different systems. Version 2.0 was released in 1995. HTML 3.2 and HTML 4.0 was released simultaneously, one year after version 2.0. This version included international characters, tables, and image maps. Later on, XHTML 1.0 and XHTML 2.0 were released by W3C. In 2008, the first draft of HTML 5 was prepared. Web development services, across the world, believe that the future of the web is HTML 5. HTML 5 is expected to embed features like separate background threads to do processing, video implantation without separate plug-in or codec, canvas element to render graphics and images on the fly, can have applications to access email offline, etc.
CSS is used to give great style to web pages that are written in any mark-up language. W3C introduced CSS level 1 to overcome the limitations of HTML 3.2 in 1996. CSS level 2 was created in 1998 by using CSS level 1. CSS level 1 was republished with corrections in 1999. CSS 3 is finally released for the benefit of the web development services. Though CSS 3 is supported by only modern web browsers at present, it is expected to gain widespread acceptance. It enables complex and flexible designs to be incorporated into HTML. Professional web development services are already using this technology.
These programming languages are expected to make a revolution in the near future. It is believed that the future of web development depends on it. CSS 3 is already accepted by majority of the web development services. HTML 5 is also likely to be immediately accepted by professional web development services. This is because of the reputation of the earlier versions. The two versions are expected to make the job of web development simple!