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KEY FUNCTIONS
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Ashley Firth
ASYNC FUNCTIONS
CUSTOM ELEMENTS
WEB MIDI
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Compose and display element
animations with the flexibility
of JavaScript.
http://bit.ly/2hOp3r1
Detect faces, barcodes and more
in image and video content
natively using device hardware.
w3c.github.io/sensors
A future-friendly standardised
interface for accessing the
sensors available on a device.
http://bit.ly/2gG0dp7
Communicate with user-selected
Bluetooth devices locally with
browser technologies.
webaudio.github.io/web-midi-api
An interface for the MIDI protocol,
to allow browsers to send and
receive musical data.
POLYMER 2.0
ELECTRON
IONIC
PREACT
http://bit.ly/2hrGzQT
Have web apps communicate
with other applications on a
device with a standardised syntax.
www.polymer-project.org
A small library designed to make
custom element creation more
approachable and accessible.
electron.atom.io
Build cross-platform desktop
applications using the web
technologies you already know.
ionicframework.com
Develop native mobile and PWAs
while using familiar frameworks
like Angular and TypeScript.
preactjs.com
A lightweight, 3kB alternative
to React featuring almost
identical functionality.
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