JavaScript is a scripting language that enables web developers/designers to build more functional and interactive websites. JavaScript usually runs on the client-side (the browser’s side), as opposed to server-side. One benefit of doing this is performance. On the client side, JS is loaded into the browser and can run as soon as it is called. Without running on the client side, the page would need to refresh each time you needed a script to run.

The video and audio tags is are some of those HTML5 features that gets a lot of attention. Often presented as an alternative to flash in the media, the video and audio tags actually go beyond that. Although it’s recently joined the rest of the ubiquitous HTML tags, capabilities and support across browsers have increased at an amazing speed. Read on.