Usage, attitudes and expectations surrounding HTML5: Stakes and Opportunities for Developers
During the period between
September 5th and September 26th of 2012, Kendo UI, surveyed over 4,000
software developers worldwide in regarding their usage, attitudes and
expectations surrounding HTML5 and its adoption for development initiatives.
The main objective here, according to Kendo UI, was to determine adoption patterns of HTML5, separating hype from reality to get an accurate picture of real world use. The survey also aims to attempt to measure the impact of factors such as Facebook’s decision to “go native” or the W3C/WHATWG standards split on overall adoption rates or attitudes towards HTML5 in the next year.
The main objective here, according to Kendo UI, was to determine adoption patterns of HTML5, separating hype from reality to get an accurate picture of real world use. The survey also aims to attempt to measure the impact of factors such as Facebook’s decision to “go native” or the W3C/WHATWG standards split on overall adoption rates or attitudes towards HTML5 in the next year.
The key findings reveal:
• HTML5 is far more than hype; with the
majority of developers surveyed (82%) believing it is
important to their job within the next 12
months, a finding that contradicts other reports, such
as the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging
Technologies (2012), which pushed widespread HTML5
adoption 5 to 10 years in the future.
• Facebook’s decision to convert most of
their mobile iPhone app from HTML5 to native code has
had little-to-no effect on developer
attitude towards HTML5 adoption (73%).
• Developers prefer W3C’s “snapshot” HTML5
standard compared to the WHATWG “living standard”
nearly 4:1.
• Sixty three percent (63%) of respondents
are already actively developing with HTML5. Most are
leveraging the technology and most have
stated that this is due to the familiarity of language,cross-platform support
and performance. Download the integral survey here :
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