David Baron (computer scientist)

David Baron
David Baron in 2017
NationalityAmerican
Other namesL. David Baron
Alma materHarvard University
Occupationweb browser engines
OrganizationGoogle
Known forCSS, Gecko rendering engine
Websitehttps://dbaron.org/

David Baron is an American computer scientist, web browser engineer, open web standards author, technology speaker, and open source contributor. He has written and edits several CSS web standards specifications including CSS Color Module Level 3, CSS Conditional Rules, and several working drafts. He started working on Mozilla in 1998, and was employed by Mozilla in 2003 to help develop and evolve the Gecko rendering engine, eventually as a Distinguished Engineer in 2013. He was Mozilla’s representative on the WHATWG Steering Group from 2017-2020. He has served on the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) continuously since being elected in 2015 and re-elected subsequently, most recently in 2020. In 2021 he joined Google to work on Google Chrome.

Notable inventions

  • Reftests — automated visual tests of browser engine rendering
  • CSS animations implementation in Gecko

Writing

Baron is the author and editor of several W3C web standards:

  • CSS Color Module Level 3 Recommendation
  • CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3 Candidate Recommendation
  • CSS Animations Level 1 Working Draft
  • CSS Overflow Module Level 3 Working Draft
  • CSS Transitions Working Draft

Baron was also a technical reviewer of the book "Transitions and Animations in CSS: Adding Motion with CSS".

References

  1. ^ "Dbaron - Overview". GitHub.
  2. ^ "David Baron".
  3. ^ "SXSW 2009: Full Event List". sxsw2009.sched.com. Archived from the original on 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  4. ^ a b "Fast CSS: How Browsers Lay Out Web Pages".
  5. ^ a b "CSS Color Module Level 3". www.w3.org. June 19, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Baron, L. David (April 4, 2013). "CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3". www.w3.org.
  7. ^ "Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns". www.theregister.com.
  8. ^ "Mozilla Distinguished Engineer: David Baron". 2013-03-11. Archived from the original on 2013-09-18. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  9. ^ "The WHATWG Blog — Further working mode changes".
  10. ^ "Update SG representative for Mozilla. by dbaron · Pull Request #142 · whatwg/sg". GitHub.
  11. ^ "Statements about TAG nominees for 2015 Election". www.w3.org.
  12. ^ "W3C Advisory Committee Elects Technical Architecture Group | W3C News". 13 January 2020.
  13. ^ "TAG members over time". tag.w3.org. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  14. ^ "L. David Baron". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  15. ^ "README.txt - mozsearch". searchfox.org.
  16. ^ "Firefox 5 beta arrives for desktop and Android". arstechnica.com. 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  17. ^ "CSS Animations Level 1". www.w3.org.
  18. ^ "CSS Overflow Module Level 3". www.w3.org.
  19. ^ "CSS Transitions". www.w3.org.
  20. ^ Weyl, Estelle (April 14, 2016). Transitions and Animations in CSS: Adding Motion with CSS. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN 9781491929834 – via Google Books.
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