Benefits and pitfalls of using HTML5 APIs for online experiments and simulations

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dc.contributor.authorGaraizar, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorVadillo, Miguel A.
dc.contributor.authorLópez de Ipiña González de Artaza, Diego
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-29T07:27:34Z
dc.date.available2026-05-29T07:27:34Z
dc.date.issued2012-11-28
dc.date.updated2026-05-29T07:27:34Z
dc.description.abstractThe most recent advances in the architecture of the Web allow using it as an excellent platform to deliver experiments and simulations over the Internet. However, there are still some challenges related to the animations' accuracy, to user input collection or to real-time communications that have to be accomplished to properly port native application- based experiments and simulations to the Web. The limitations of the standards preceding HTML5 have forced web developers to embed non-HTML objects using a wide range of non-standard plugins and causing an extremely fragmented execution environment where features must be implemented several times in different programming languages to guarantee full compliance with every user-agent. As HTML5 provides a standard -yet fully-featured- environment to develop and execute applications, web user-agents are now more similar to application players than to simple Internet browsers. In this paper we analyze the benefits and pitfalls of these new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), providing examples of both good and bad instances of research-related use.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported in part by Grants IT363-10 and IT458-10 from the Education, Universities, and Research Department of the Basque Governmenten
dc.identifier.citationGaraizar, Vadillo, & López-de-Ipiña. (2012). Benefits and pitfalls of using HTML5 APIs for online experiments and simulations. International Journal of Online Engineering, 8(Special issue 1), 20-25. https://doi.org/10.3991/IJOE.V8IS3.2254
dc.identifier.doi10.3991/IJOE.V8IS3.2254
dc.identifier.eissn1861-2121
dc.identifier.issn1868-1646
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/6112
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInternational Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)
dc.publisherCTI Global
dc.subject.otherApplication programming interface
dc.subject.otherBest practices
dc.subject.otherInternet
dc.subject.otherStandards
dc.titleBenefits and pitfalls of using HTML5 APIs for online experiments and simulationsen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.endPage25
oaire.citation.issueSpecial issue 1
oaire.citation.startPage20
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Online Engineering
oaire.citation.volume8
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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