David Baron (computer scientist)
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David Baron | |
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| Other names | L. David Baron[1] |
| Alma mater | Harvard University[2] |
| Occupation | web browser engines |
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| Known for | CSS, Gecko rendering engine |
| Website | https://dbaron.org/ |
David Baron is an American computer scientist, web browser engineer, open web standards author, technology speaker,[3][4] and open source contributor. He has written and edits several CSS web standards specifications including CSS Color Module Level 3,[5] CSS Conditional Rules,[6] and several working drafts. He started working on Mozilla in 1998,[4] and was employed by Mozilla in 2003 to help develop and evolve the Gecko rendering engine, eventually as a Distinguished Engineer[7] in 2013.[8] He was Mozilla’s representative on the WHATWG Steering Group from 2017-2020.[9][10] He has served on the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) continuously since being elected in 2015[11] and re-elected subsequently, most recently in 2020.[12][13] In 2021 he joined Google to work on Google Chrome.[14]
Notable inventions
[edit | edit source]- Reftests — automated visual tests of browser engine rendering[15]
- CSS animations implementation in Gecko[16]
Writing
[edit | edit source]Baron is the author and editor of several W3C web standards:
- CSS Color 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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External links
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- W3C Interview of David Baron
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