Biography:David Baron (computer scientist)
David Baron | |
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 David Baron in 2017 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | L. David Baron[1] |
| Alma mater | Harvard University[2] |
| Occupation | web browser engines |
| Organization | Mozilla |
| 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
- Reftests — automated visual tests of browser engine rendering[15]
- CSS animations implementation in Gecko[16]
Writing
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
- ↑ "Dbaron - Overview". https://github.com/dbaron.
- ↑ https://dbaron.org/
- ↑ "SXSW 2009: Full Event List". https://sxsw2009.sched.com/list/descriptions/venue/Austin+Convention+Ctr/Room+16AB.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Fast CSS: How Browsers Lay Out Web Pages". https://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP12909.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "CSS Color Module Level 3". June 19, 2018. https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/REC-css-color-3-20180619/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Baron, L. David (April 4, 2013). "CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3". https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-conditional/Overview.html.
- ↑ "Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns". https://www.theregister.com/2020/02/20/chrome_deploys_deeplinking/.
- ↑ "Mozilla Distinguished Engineer: David Baron". 2013-03-11. https://air.mozilla.org/mozilla-distinguished-engineer-david-baron/.
- ↑ "The WHATWG Blog — Further working mode changes". https://blog.whatwg.org/working-mode-changes.
- ↑ "Update SG representative for Mozilla. by dbaron · Pull Request #142 · whatwg/sg". https://github.com/whatwg/sg/pull/142.
- ↑ "Statements about TAG nominees for 2015 Election". https://www.w3.org/2015/12/01-tag-nominations.html.
- ↑ "W3C Advisory Committee Elects Technical Architecture Group | W3C News". 13 January 2020. https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/8231.
- ↑ "TAG members over time" (in en). https://tag.w3.org/history/.
- ↑ "L. David Baron" (in en). https://twitter.com/davidbaron/status/1366409457291288578.
- ↑ "README.txt - mozsearch". https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/layout/tools/reftest/README.txt.
- ↑ "Firefox 5 beta arrives for desktop and Android". 2011-05-24. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/05/firefox-5-beta-arrives-for-desktop-and-android/.
- ↑ "CSS Animations Level 1". https://www.w3.org/TR/css-animations-1/Overview.html.
- ↑ "CSS Overflow Module Level 3". https://www.w3.org/TR/css-overflow-3/Overview.html.
- ↑ "CSS Transitions". https://www.w3.org/TR/css-transitions-1/Overview.html.
- ↑ Weyl, Estelle (April 14, 2016). Transitions and Animations in CSS: Adding Motion with CSS. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN 9781491929834. https://books.google.com/books?id=9pP4CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7.
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