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David Baron (computer scientist)

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David Baron
David Baron in 2017
NationalityAmerican
Other namesL. David Baron[1]
Alma materHarvard University[2]
Occupationweb browser engines
OrganizationGoogle
Known forCSS,Gecko rendering engine
Websitehttps://dbaron.org/

David Baronis an Americancomputer scientist,web browserengineer,open web standardsauthor, technology speaker,[3][4]andopen sourcecontributor. He has written and edits severalCSSweb standards specifications includingCSS Color Module Level 3,[5]CSS Conditional Rules,[6]and several working drafts. He started working onMozillain 1998,[4]and was employed by Mozilla in 2003 to help develop and evolve theGecko rendering engine,eventually as a Distinguished Engineer[7]in 2013.[8]He was Mozilla’s representative on theWHATWGSteering Group from 2017-2020.[9][10]He has served on theW3CTechnical Architecture Group(TAG) continuously since being elected in 2015[11]and re-elected subsequently, most recently in 2020.[12][13]In 2021 he joinedGoogleto work onGoogle Chrome.[14]

Notable inventions

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  • Reftests — automated visual tests of browser engine rendering[15]
  • CSS animations implementation inGecko[16]

Writing

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Baron is the author and editor of severalW3Cweb standards:

  • CSSColor Module Level 3 Recommendation[5]
  • CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3 Candidate Recommendation[6]
  • CSS Animations Level 1 Working Draft[17]
  • CSS Overflow Module Level 3 Working Draft[18]
  • CSS Transitions Working Draft[19]

Baron was also a technical reviewer of the book "Transitions and Animations in CSS: Adding Motion with CSS".[20]

References

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  1. ^"Dbaron - Overview".GitHub.
  2. ^https://dbaron.org/
  3. ^"SXSW 2009: Full Event List".sxsw2009.sched.
  4. ^ab"Fast CSS: How Browsers Lay Out Web Pages".
  5. ^ab"CSS Color Module Level 3".w3.org.June 19, 2018.
  6. ^abBaron, L. David (April 4, 2013)."CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3".w3.org.
  7. ^"Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns".theregister.
  8. ^"Mozilla Distinguished Engineer: David Baron".2013-03-11. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-09-18.Retrieved2020-08-23.
  9. ^"The WHATWG Blog — Further working mode changes".
  10. ^"Update SG representative for Mozilla. by dbaron · Pull Request #142 · whatwg/sg".GitHub.
  11. ^"Statements about TAG nominees for 2015 Election".w3.org.
  12. ^"W3C Advisory Committee Elects Technical Architecture Group | W3C News".13 January 2020.
  13. ^"TAG members over time".tag.w3.org.Retrieved2022-01-21.
  14. ^"L. David Baron".Twitter.Retrieved2021-03-01.
  15. ^"README.txt - mozsearch".searchfox.org.
  16. ^"Firefox 5 beta arrives for desktop and Android".arstechnica.2011-05-24.Retrieved2020-08-23.
  17. ^"CSS Animations Level 1".w3.org.
  18. ^"CSS Overflow Module Level 3".w3.org.
  19. ^"CSS Transitions".w3.org.
  20. ^Weyl, Estelle (April 14, 2016).Transitions and Animations in CSS: Adding Motion with CSS."O'Reilly Media, Inc.".ISBN9781491929834– via Google Books.
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