L12 - Web API and future

This lecture deals with an overview of the different Web APIs.

The lecture covers topics like:

• Web Workers
• HTML5 Canvas
• Web VR API (Gamepad API)
• Physical Web (BT-api)
• Web components
• WebRTC
• WebGL
• Web Assembly

Presentation

View the presentation "APIs and the future" with Johan Leitet.

The slides are here.

There is an English version and a Swedish version of the presentation.

• English version (2017), 1h 13min.
• Swedish version (2018), 1h 16min.

Resources

MDN on Web APIs.

• MDN Web API as an overview of the APIs.
  • HTML Drag and Drop API
  • Web Storage API
  • Online and offline events
  • The WebSocket API (WebSockets)

Video resources

To learn more on the possibilities on Web APIs.

• Web APIs you (probably) didn’t know existed... with Zeno Rocha

• Engaging with the Real World: Web Bluetooth and Physical Web (Chrome Dev Summit 2015)

• Web Assembly • Nick Bray • GOTO 2015