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Boris Yordanov

Freelance HTML5 Developer
United StatesToptal Member Since July 15, 2017

Boris is a full-time web developer working mainly with Vanilla JS and the most popular JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React, and Meteor. He made his first website when he was 14, and since then, he has made more than 400 WordPress sites during his freelancing career. Nowadays, he designs and builds custom web applications and sites.

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Alejandro Hernandez

Freelance HTML5 Developer
ArgentinaToptal Member Since October 30, 2012

Alejandro got his bachelor's degree in software engineering in 2005 and has since been working for software companies of all sizes from all around the globe as a freelancer. Currently, he enjoys working as a full-stack architect in JavaScript projects, where his experience and his deep understanding of architecture and theory are most impactful.

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Cheryl Hoskins

Freelance HTML5 Developer
United StatesToptal Member Since February 4, 2016

Cheryl is a developer with strong communication skills who seeks to provide software solutions that delight her clients. She has enjoyed working with React, Node.js, REST APIs, GraphQL, SQL, MongoDB, and JavaScript recently and is ready to start putting her skills to work for you. In addition to her technical background, Cheryl has an MBA and can translate your business requirements into quality software solutions.

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Patrick Keenum

Freelance HTML5 Developer
United StatesToptal Member Since July 6, 2018

Patrick is a senior full-stack engineer with more than 10 years of experience developing beautiful, reliable, and scalable products. He is passionate about bringing ideas from conception to launch, working with clients of all levels of technical acumen, and building products that help companies grow.

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Satiye Albakir Çatal

Freelance HTML5 Developer
TurkeyToptal Member Since April 22, 2021

Satiye is a hardcore, passionate, and ambitious problem solver who enjoys interesting and challenging projects. She has 7+ years of software development experience in the full life-cycle software development process. She specializes in Java and Spring frameworks, as well as React and AngularJS on the front end. Satiye holds a master's degree in computer science. She communicates extremely well and is very punctual.

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Dustin Cass

Freelance HTML5 Developer
United StatesToptal Member Since September 26, 2018

Dustin has been a professional full-stack engineer for over 15 years and has worked at companies and agencies, large and small. He's passionate and dedicated to his craft and always goes the extra mile for his employers and clients. Dustin is well-versed in handling both startup and enterprise-level architecture and will tailor his solutions to the requirements of any given project.

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Charles Cook, Ph.D.

Freelance HTML5 Developer
United StatesToptal Member Since July 29, 2014

Charles has a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering and spent three years developing custom data processing and analysis programs for NASA. He specializes in scalable, enterprise-level application development and engineering solutions for exceptionally high throughputs. He is also the founder and owner of GreatVocab.com, for which he developed the core system using novel concepts in data analysis and control theory.

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Valters Valdersteins

Freelance HTML5 Developer
LatviaToptal Member Since February 24, 2017

Valters is a senior programmer with several years of experience in the IT field. He hits the ground running when using new technologies and has a habit of unceasingly improving his existing skills. He's worked in variously sized companies and projects and has been mainly focusing on web development as well as SAP development. Other than that, Valters is a person with whom it's easy and fun to work with.

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Armia Talaat

Freelance HTML5 Developer
EgyptToptal Member Since October 28, 2021

Armia is an experienced front-end engineer working in the information technology and service industry. He always tries to use the latest and most powerful technologies like JavaScript and TypeScript. Armia loves being up-to-date and learning new technologies, which makes working with him productive and easy.

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Md.Rajib-Ul Islam

Freelance HTML5 Developer
AustraliaToptal Member Since February 7, 2022

Md.Rajib-Ul is an open-minded, experienced software professional who is proactive with project execution and delivery. He has over 14 years of development and software architectural design experience. Md.Rajib-Ul has worked in software development, lifecycle models, process models, and software design patterns. His skills span back- and front-end technologies, including diverse languages, frameworks, and tools.

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Ivan Andreev

Freelance HTML5 Developer
RussiaToptal Member Since April 23, 2021

Ivan is a senior software developer with 15 years of experience, including system architect and team lead roles in online banking, real estate, eCommerce, energy services, private aviation, gaming, and other domains. His software development expertise is backed by 19 Microsoft certifications, a Microsoft MVP Award, Ph.D. and master's degrees in computer science, and an associate professorship. Ivan delivers excellence by applying a scientific approach to the development of smart software.

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Guide to Hiring a Great HTML5 Developer

In today’s technology setting, HTML5 has become an integral part of front-end development. Although it is not a programming language, it is still an essential component of today's web applications. This guide offers a sampling of effective questions to help evaluate the breadth and depth of a candidate's mastery of HTML5 foundations and their understanding of HTML5 specifications.

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Working with Marcin is a joy. He is competent, professional, flexible, and extremely quick to understand what is required and how to implement it.

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We needed a expert engineer who could start on our project immediately. Simanas exceeded our expectations with his work. Not having to interview and chase down an expert developer was an excellent time-saver and made everyone feel more comfortable with our choice to switch platforms to utilize a more robust language. Toptal made the process easy and convenient. Toptal is now the first place we look for expert-level help.

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I'm incredibly impressed with Toptal. Our developer communicates with me every day, and is a very powerful coder. He's a true professional and his work is just excellent. 5 stars for Toptal.

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Ronin Play Pty Ltd

Working with Toptal has been a great experience. Prior to using them, I had spent quite some time interviewing other freelancers and wasn't finding what I needed. After engaging with Toptal, they matched me up with the perfect developer in a matter of days. The developer I'm working with not only delivers quality code, but he also makes suggestions on things that I hadn't thought of. It's clear to me that Amaury knows what he is doing. Highly recommended!

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Bulavard, Inc.

As a Toptal qualified front-end developer, I also run my own consulting practice. When clients come to me for help filling key roles on their team, Toptal is the only place I feel comfortable recommending. Toptal's entire candidate pool is the best of the best. Toptal is the best value for money I've found in nearly half a decade of professional online work.

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In Higgle's early days, we needed the best-in-class developers, at affordable rates, in a timely fashion. Toptal delivered!

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Toptal makes finding a candidate extremely easy and gives you peace-of-mind that they have the skills to deliver. I would definitely recommend their services to anyone looking for highly-skilled developers.

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Mxit

Toptal’s ability to rapidly match our project with the best developers was just superb. The developers have become part of our team, and I’m amazed at the level of professional commitment each of them has demonstrated. For those looking to work remotely with the best engineers, look no further than Toptal.

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Toptal offers a no-compromise solution to businesses undergoing rapid development and scale. Every engineer we've contracted through Toptal has quickly integrated into our team and held their work to the highest standard of quality while maintaining blazing development speed.

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FAQs

  • How much does an HTML5 engineer cost to hire?

    The cost to hire an HTML5 developer can vary widely based on the complexity of the project, the developer’s experience and supporting skill set, and geographical location. According to Glassdoor, the median annual salary of an HTML5 developer in the United States is $120,000, with $153,000 marking the high end, as of November 2023.

    Before starting the hiring process, acquaint yourself with the factors specific to your project. Tweaking the process before setting out to find an HTML5 engineer helps to ensure value for the money you spend.

  • How do I hire an HTML5 developer?

    Hiring an HTML5 developer involves several key steps: First, identify your needs and goals. Define specific HTML5 tasks for your project, like website design or responsive design. Decide whether a remote HTML5 developer, an on-site developer, or a hybrid approach would best meet your project needs.

    Once identified, these needs and goals can be folded into a job description that will draw qualified candidates. Be selective and interview only those HTML5 developers whose résumés, portfolios, and experience align with your project. Based on their HTML5, CSS, and complementary tech skills, as well as your project’s budget, select the candidate who best meets your needs.

  • How in demand is HTML5?

    Due to its pivotal role as the foundational language for the web, HTML5 remains in high demand. Along with CSS and JavaScript, HTML5 is used to form the core of web development. The consistent demand for HTML5 developers is underscored by businesses placing a strong emphasis on establishing a robust online presence. Further fueling its demand is the fact that HTML5 is a cornerstone of responsive web design, which is crucial in today’s multidevice environment.

  • How quick is the hiring process with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire an HTML5 developer with Toptal in about 48 hours. Our talent matchers are experts in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your HTML5 developer, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure that they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

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How to Hire a Great HTML5 Developer

The Challenge

Today, HTML is over 20 years old. Over these 20 years, HTML was upgraded 4 times, leaving us with current HTML version 5. The upgrade path was not an easy one: W3C, official maintainer of the HTML specification, was slow in bringing new features to the specification, so web browser developers took things into their hands. This only resulted with more problems, especially for developers that were struggling to create web pages. It caused many cross-browser compatibility issues and wasted development hours. In today’s technology landscape, HTML5 development has become an integral part of any front-end development. Although it is not a programming language, it is still an essential component of web applications and web design, and even modern desktop and mobile applications. Today in technology, being 20 years actively used is a very long period. Accordingly, resumes that reference at least some degree of HTML5 experience have essentially become universal in the software and web development community. This makes locating HTML5 experts fairly easy, but makes pinpointing the perfect one that much more of a challenge.

Old habits die hard. Start using new HTML5 semantic tags today.

Old habits die hard. Start using new HTML5 semantic tags today.

Our hiring guide will help you find HTML5 programmers who strive to follow high-quality approaches to improve user experience and have strong knowledge of HTML5 specifications. There’s no magic or foolproof technique, but there are certainly questions you can pose that will help determine the depth and sophistication of a candidate’s knowledge of the language. A brief sampling of such questions are provided below.

Questions and Answers

Q: HTML5 was designed to replace both HTML 4 and XHTML. Discuss new HTML5 features and key goals of the HTML5 specification.

Major goals of the new HTML5 specification were to deliver rich content (like graphics and videos) to customers without the need for additional plugins (namely Flash and Silverlight), to provide better semantic support for web page structure through the introduction of new structural element tags, to provide a stricter parsing standard to simplify error handling, and to simplify backward compatibility with documents written to older standards. In the end, the most important goal in a modern world is to provide better cross-platform support and to ensure that it all works well whether running on desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or even a smartphone.

To achieve all that, many new features were introduced with HTML5. New HTML5 improved support for embedding graphics, audio, and video content via the new , , and tags. Web workers were introduced, new extensions to the JavaScript API such as geolocation were added, new drag-and-drop features, as well as local storage and caching features. Many new semantic tags and new form controls were introduced to complement the structural logic of modern web applications.

Q: Explain what semantic HTML is and name new semantic HTML5 elements.

Semantic HTML is an HTML where the markup, or tags, show the meaning instead of pure presentation or look. For example, HTML5 recommends use of tags instead of for bold text, and instead of for italic text. These semantic tags will generate the same bold and italic text, but instead of pure formatting information, they provide a meaning too.

HTML5 specification defined whole new semantic elements, like:

New HTML5 form controls include:

Q: Discuss potential developer’s pitfalls with HTML5.

Old habits die hard. Many developers write modern web applications in HTML5 by using old specifications. The most prominent examples are when developers use

tag to setup a layout, or or
when new semantic tags like
,
,
or

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