Web development future!

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Hi guys!

I want to share and ask few things related to the future of web development.

I started working on a silverlight application 6 months back, before that I have been developing various applications using Asp.net. Few days ago my project leader told me that the future of Silverlight and Flash is not very good, and we should developed our skills in HTML5.

HTML5 is becoming hot, and Adobe(Flash) and Microsoft(Silverlight) both are going to stop their production sooner or later.

I don't understand! why we are focusing more on HTML5 when we have so much better technologies like silverlight, flash etc. Does HTML5 is/will support to different databases?, I have read that HTML5 new tags are not working on many leading web browser.

Where should I focus on, what is the future of Silverlight/Flash? Does HTML5 will replace all in web?

Posted 17-Nov-11 6:59am

Uday P.Singh

Updated 17-Nov-11 7:06am

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Richard MacCutchan 17-Nov-11 13:30pm

I don't know about other people, but if I could tell the future I'd be a billionaire.

Uday P.Singh 17-Nov-11 13:44pm

what do you say about Silverlight and FLash against HTML5?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Nov-11 14:17pm

Richard, Uday,
I think I found some more or less universal formula to answer such questions -- please see my solution. :-)
--SA

Richard MacCutchan 17-Nov-11 15:11pm

I don't say anything. Who knows which technology will survive the next 5 years or five months?

Uday P.Singh 18-Nov-11 11:36am

Okay! lets talk about present scenario, Does HTML5 is better than others(silverlight,flash)? The answer will certainly not make you a billionaire, you must try "who wants to be a billionaire" show for that.

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Adobe are curently contributing to standardisation of HTML5. Adobe are marketing FLASH as the console for the web. This means that games, complex rich media applications and the like will be best developed in FLASH. However mobile applications that are cross-platform capable and applications that have a short "time to market" would best be seriviced by HTML5. Just a word from someone who has been around the tech space a while, previous versions of HTML, Javascript and CSS were touted as tech killers for FLASH and other technologies alike. It boils down to using the tool to for the job.

So whether it be FLASH, Silverlight or HTML5 you as the developer need to pick the right tool for the right job. Thats what being a professional is all about:)

Posted 10-Jan-12 18:51pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-17T08:14:00

Solution 1

Yoda wrote:
Clouded, this boy's future is.

Better learn several different technologies to avoid Vendor Lock-in. Read about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in[^].

Development of any all world-wide technologies is not rational, is a result of struggle of multiple wills, interests and ambitions and is not predictable. I personally reckon that WWW is in a very well prolonged dead-end, due to fatal limitations of HTTP originally designed for pure client-server and nearly static content, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP[^].

To feel the depth of problem in just one direction, read about Server Push Technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_technology[^].

Conclusion: instead of sticking just to a single technology, do something directly opposite: get yourself ready for new twists and turns.

—SA

Posted 17-Nov-11 8:14am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 17-Nov-11 8:22am

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Richard MacCutchan 17-Nov-11 15:10pm

But will it make me a billionaire?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Nov-11 16:01pm

You? I don't know. Not every one to became a billionaire, unless we get hyperinflation, which happens sometimes... :-)
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Nov-11 16:01pm

Thank you, Richard.
--SA

Uday P.Singh 18-Nov-11 11:44am

Yes, SA I understand the fact that being an IT professional we should be ready to learn new things as per need, in fact we already do..I was keen to know the possibilities of these technologies and wanted to share the same with my project leader. Nevertheless 5+

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Nov-11 11:59am

Uday, I realized that OP was you only after I submitted the full post, so I did not know what was the thinking of the person who asked the question. However, you should not feel offended; I still believe this advice makes sense for all of us, including you. I hope you admit that by accepting this answer -- thank you!
--SA

Monjurul Habib 11-Dec-11 20:59pm

5!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Dec-11 21:05pm

Ha! Old post... Thank you, Monjurul.
--SA

Monjurul Habib 11-Dec-11 21:09pm

i was going through all old answers :)

RaisKazi · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-17T18:18:00

Solution 2

Hi Uday,

Have a look at below post on "TechCrunch".

http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/the-future-of-web-content-html5-flash-mobile-apps/

- Rais

Posted 17-Nov-11 18:18pm

RaisKazi

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Uday P.Singh 18-Nov-11 11:46am

good link 5+ & thanks :)

Monjurul Habib 11-Dec-11 20:59pm

5!

Uday P.Singh · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-04T07:55:00

Solution 3

This article helped me a lot, was looking for it.

HTML5 vs FLASH vs SILVERLIGHT[^]

Posted 4-Dec-11 7:55am

Uday P.Singh

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Monjurul Habib 11-Dec-11 20:59pm

5!