David Baron (computer scientist)

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]

David Baron
David Baron in 2017
NationalityAmerican
Other namesL. David Baron[1]
Alma materHarvard University[2]
Occupationweb browser engines
OrganizationMozilla
Known forCSS, Gecko rendering engine
Websitehttps://dbaron.org/

Notable inventions
  • Reftests — automated visual tests of browser engine rendering[13]
  • CSS animations implementation in Gecko[14]

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[15]
  • CSS Overflow Module Level 3 Working Draft[16]
  • CSS Transitions Working Draft[17]

Baron was also a technical reviewer of the book "Transitions and Animations in CSS: Adding Motion with CSS".[18]

References
  1. https://github.com/dbaron
  2. https://dbaron.org/
  3. "SXSW 2009: Full Event List". sxsw2009.sched.com.
  4. https://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP12909
  5. "CSS Color Module Level 3". www.w3.org. June 19, 2018.
  6. 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. "README.txt - mozsearch". searchfox.org.
  14. "Firefox 5 beta arrives for desktop and Android". arstechnica.com. 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  15. "CSS Animations Level 1". www.w3.org.
  16. "CSS Overflow Module Level 3". www.w3.org.
  17. "CSS Transitions". www.w3.org.
  18. 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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