David Baron (computer scientist)
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David Baron | |
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Nationality | American |
Other names | L. David Baron[1] |
Alma mater | Harvard University[2] |
Occupation | web browser engines |
Organization | |
Known for | CSS,Gecko rendering engine |
Website | https://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
[edit]- Reftests — automated visual tests of browser engine rendering[15]
- CSS animations implementation inGecko[16]
Writing
[edit]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
[edit]- ^"Dbaron - Overview".GitHub.
- ^https://dbaron.org/[bare URL]
- ^"SXSW 2009: Full Event List".sxsw2009.sched.
- ^ab"Fast CSS: How Browsers Lay Out Web Pages".
- ^ab"CSS Color Module Level 3".w3.org.June 19, 2018.
- ^abBaron, L. David (April 4, 2013)."CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3".w3.org.
- ^"Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns".theregister.
- ^"Mozilla Distinguished Engineer: David Baron".2013-03-11. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-09-18.Retrieved2020-08-23.
- ^"The WHATWG Blog — Further working mode changes".
- ^"Update SG representative for Mozilla. by dbaron · Pull Request #142 · whatwg/sg".GitHub.
- ^"Statements about TAG nominees for 2015 Election".w3.org.
- ^"W3C Advisory Committee Elects Technical Architecture Group | W3C News".13 January 2020.
- ^"TAG members over time".tag.w3.org.Retrieved2022-01-21.
- ^"L. David Baron".Twitter.Retrieved2021-03-01.
- ^"README.txt - mozsearch".searchfox.org.
- ^"Firefox 5 beta arrives for desktop and Android".arstechnica.2011-05-24.Retrieved2020-08-23.
- ^"CSS Animations Level 1".w3.org.
- ^"CSS Overflow Module Level 3".w3.org.
- ^"CSS Transitions".w3.org.
- ^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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