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Introduction to Sensor API

The Sensor API provides web developers access to device sensors, such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, allowing them to build interactive experiences.

What is Gamepad API?

Gamepad API allows developers to access and respond to input from game controllers, enabling users to play games on the web with their favorite gamepads.

Introduction to Touch Events API

The Touch Events API allows us to create touch-enabled web applications that respond to touch-based user interactions on mobile devices and touchscreens.

How to use Prioritized Task Scheduling API?

The Prioritized Task Scheduling API enables web developers to schedule tasks with different priorities and execute them in a specific order.

What is Media Session API?

Media Session API allows web developers to control media playback on a user's device, including displaying metadata and providing media control buttons.

Introduction to CSS Counter Styles API

CSS Counter Styles API helps in creating our own custom counter styles. In this guide, let's take a look at how we can use this in our web apps.

Introduction to Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API

Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API is a Web API that enables the secure delivery of copyrighted content by online media streaming services.

Introduction to Device Orientation Events API

The Device Orientation Events API allows us to detect changes in the device orientation. In this guide, we explored its different features and use cases.

What is the Compression Streams API?

The Compression Stream API helps us compress and decompress data using different algorithms. Let's take a look at how we can use it in our applications.

What is File and Directory Entries API

The File and Directory Entries API is a Web API that allows web apps to access and manipulate files and directories on the user's device.

What is Fullscreen API and how to use it

This guide explains how to use the Fullscreen API to toggle an element between full-screen and normal mode in web applications.

What is Push API?

The Push API enables web applications to receive server-side push notifications even when the client-side is inactive. Let's have a look at this API in depth.

Introduction to the Web Audio API

Web Audio API is a Web API that enables you to create and modify sound files in a web browser. This guide explains what it is and how to use it.

What is Selection API?

The Selection API provides you with the user-selected node so you can perform actions on it. Let's look at the Selection API and its interfaces in this piece.

10 Web APIs That Help With Your Web App Development

Web APIs help to make your websites performant and user-friendly. In this piece, let’s look at 10 Web APIs that can help you with your web development.

Interactive Guide To UI Events API

The UI Events API lets you handle events and user interactions on a website. In this piece, let's look at what it is and how you can use it in your web apps.

Introduction To Resize Observer API

The Resize Observer API notifies the developers when there is a change in an element’s dimension. Let's look at it and how you can use it on your web apps.

Different Storage Web APIs

There are different Web APIs that let you save data inside the browser and then later use it. In this piece, let's shed some light on these APIs.

Introduction to Visual Viewport API

The Visual Viewport API allows an element to be present at all times on the viewport, regardless of its position. In this piece, let's take a look at it.

What is Web Share API?

The Web Share API lets you access the OS sharing capabilities to share content across installed apps. In this piece, let's look at how to use it on a website.

Interactive Guide to Geolocation API

The Geolocation API returns the geographical coordinates along with the accuracy. In this piece, let's look at it and how you can use it on your websites.

Introduction To Windows Control Overlay API

The Windows Control Overlay API lets you hide the default title bar in a PWA to customize the area accordingly. Let's take a look at this API in this piece.

Introduction To Web Speech API

The Web Speech API lets you perform two actions. The first is text-to-speech and the second is speech recognition. In this piece, let's take a look at what it is and how you can use it.

What is WebCodecs API?

WebCodecs is a powerful web API that lets developers access the individual frames of a video. It also helps developers to encode and decode audio and video files. In this piece, let's take a look at this API.

Introduction To Page Visibility API

Page Visibility API lets a developer execute a piece of code when the page visibility changes. In this piece, let’s take a look at this API and how to use it.

What is Background Task API?

Background Task API lets you schedule tasks that execute when your site is idle. Let's take a look at this API and how you can use it.

Interactive Guide to Credentials Management API

The API lets you save user credentials in your internet browsers. It also helps you retrieve credentials, public keys, and federated credentials for a specific website. Let's take a look at what it is and how you can use it in your website.

Interactive Guide to Screen Wake Lock API

The Screen Wake Lock API ensures that your computer display does not turn off after some time of inactivity. Let's look at it and how to use it in web apps.

What is Credential Management API?

Credential Management API lets a website stores the client’s username and password in the browser. Once the credentials are saved, you can retrieve them later. Let's briefly look at this API in this piece.

What is Web Authentication API?

This web API, also known as WebAuthn, uses asymmetric cryptography, widely known as public-key cryptography. Let's briefly look at some of its benefits and use cases.