polyfills

What is the meaning of polyfills in HTML5?

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What is the meaning of polyfills in HTML5? I saw this word in many sites about HTML5, e.g. HTML5-Cross-Browser-Polyfills. So here we’re collecting all the shims, fallbacks, and polyfills in order to implant HTML5 functionality in browsers that don’t natively support them. I actually don’t understood what is the meaning of polyfills. Is it a … Read more

What is the difference between a shim and a polyfill?

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Both seem to be used in web development circles, see e.g. HTML5 Cross Browser Polyfills, which says: So here we’re collecting all the shims, fallbacks, and polyfills… Or, there’s the es5-shim project. In my current project we’re using a number of these, and I want to stick them all in the same directory. So, what … Read more