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• A Homepage for the JavaScript Specification

  Ecma TC39, the JavaScript Standards Committee, is proud to announce that we have shipped a website for following updates to the JavaScript specification. This is the first part of a two-part project aimed at improving our information distribution and documentation. The website provides links to our most significant documents, as ...

  Posted March 18, 2019 by Yulia Startsev

• Fast, Bump-Allocated Virtual DOMs with Rust and Wasm

  Dodrio is a new virtual DOM library that is designed to leverage the strengths of both Wasm’s linear memory and Rust’s low-level control by making extensive use of fast bump allocation. Early benchmarking results validate Dodrio’s design and show that it already has best-in-class performance. Now we're seeking feedback from ...

  Posted March 14, 2019 by Nick Fitzgerald

• Iodide: an experimental tool for scientific communication and exploration on the web

  Meet Iodide, an experimental open source tool to help scientists write beautiful interactive documents using web technologies, all within a browser-based iterative workflow that will be familiar to many scientists.

  Posted March 12, 2019 by Brendan Colloran

• Real virtuality: connecting real things to virtual reality using web technologies

  WebXR meets the Web of Things when two developers build a prototype that applies 3D visualisation to power an IoT interface. In this post they demonstrate how open, accessible web technologies make it possible to combine software from different domains to create engaging new interactive experiences. And how you can ...

  Posted March 07, 2019 by Fabien Benetou

• Implications of Rewriting a Browser Component in Rust

  There have been 69 security bugs in Firefox’s style component since the browser was first released in 2002. If we'd had a time machine and could have written this component in Rust from the start, 51 (73.9%) of these bugs would not have been possible. Rust isn't foolproof, but by ...

  Posted February 28, 2019 by Diane Hosfelt