Chapter 6. Feature Detection
There are a number of tools and frameworks available for testing your application. We have seen a number of them so far. We now move to more advanced concepts, which help us get a bug-free application. In this chapter, you will learn about feature detection for major browsers. While writing a piece of code in JavaScript, a developer often faces a question—will this code work on all browsers? Or at least, on popular browsers? Intention to write cross-browser code leads to feature detection.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Understanding feature detection
- has.js
- Modernizr
- Browser detection
- Feature testing with Modernizr
- Undetectable features
Understanding feature detection
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