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• Implementing Private Fields for JavaScript

  When implementing a language feature for JavaScript, an implementer must make decisions about how the language in the specification maps to the implementation. Private fields is an example of where the specification language and implementation reality diverge, at least in SpiderMonkey– the JavaScript engine which powers Firefox. To understand more, I’ll explain what private fields are, a couple of models for thinking about them, and explain why our implementation diverges from the specification language.The post Implementing Private Fields for JavaScript appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.

  Posted Tuesday, June 8, 2021 by Matthew Gaudet

• Looking fine with Firefox 89

  Firefox 89 has smartened up and brings with it a slimmed-down, slightly more minimalist interface.Along with this new look, we get some great styling features including a force-colours feature for media queries and better control over how fonts are displayed. The long-awaited top-level await keyword for JavaScript modules is now enabled, as well as the PerformanceEventTiming interface, which is another addition to the performance suite of APIs: 89 really has been working out!The post Looking fine with Firefox 89 appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.

  Posted Tuesday, June 1, 2021 by Chris Mills

• Improving Firefox stability on Linux

  Roughly a year ago at Mozilla we started an effort to improve Firefox stability on Linux. This effort quickly became an example of good synergies between FOSS projects.The post Improving Firefox stability on Linux appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.

  Posted Wednesday, May 19, 2021 by Gabriele Svelto

• Introducing Firefox’s new Site Isolation Security Architecture

  Like any web browser, Firefox loads code from untrusted and potentially hostile websites and runs it on your computer. To protect you against new types of attacks from malicious sites and to meet the security principles of Mozilla, we set out to redesign Firefox on desktop.The post Introducing Firefox’s new Site Isolation Security Architecture appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.

  Posted Tuesday, May 18, 2021 by Anny Gakhokidze

• Pyodide Spin Out and 0.17 Release

  We are happy to announce that Pyodide has become an independent and community-driven project. We are also pleased to announce the 0.17 release for Pyodide with many new features and improvements. Pyodide consists of the CPython 3.8 interpreter compiled to WebAssembly which allows Python to run in the browser.The post Pyodide Spin Out and 0.17 Release appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.

  Posted Thursday, April 22, 2021 by Teon Brooks