Archive - Web Browser Engineering Blog

First Books Arrive

Chris and I got our copies of Web Browser Engineering yesterday:

Jan 15 •

Pavel Panchekha

November 2024

Final Proofs Done!

Hello all—a quick update.

Nov 22, 2024 •

Pavel Panchekha

October 2024

Thank you for the HN front page!

Yesterday Web Browser Engineering hit #1 on the front page of Hacker News, the popular programming news site and stayed there for a full day. Thank you…

Oct 17, 2024 •

Pavel Panchekha

July 2024

Pre-order Web Browser Engineering

We just got word from our publisher that you can now pre-order Web Browser Engineering from the Oxford University Press website.

Jul 19, 2024 •

Pavel Panchekha

April 2024

Rewriting Chapter 11

A few months ago (actually, quite a few now) Chris and I rewrote Chapter 11 of Web Browser Engineering, on visual effects, quite significantly.

Apr 18, 2024 •

Pavel Panchekha

January 2024

Redoing the browser chrome

Over the past few months, as Chris and I worked to finalize a Web Browser Engineering manuscript for publication, we made several major changes to how…

Jan 23, 2024 •

Pavel Panchekha

October 2023

Publishing Web Browser Engineering

Chris & I are really excited to announce that we’ve signed a contract with Oxford University Press to publish Web Browser Engineering in the US and UK…

Oct 22, 2023 •

Pavel Panchekha

September 2023

Adding a URL class

Sep 13, 2023 •

Pavel Panchekha

August 2023

With Chapter 16 done, it’s time for Chris and me to wrap up Web Browser Engineering. Of course, web browsers are massive, with tens of millions of lines…

Aug 12, 2023 •

Pavel Panchekha

July 2023

Chapter 16: Reusing Previous Computations

Chapter 16, Reusing Previous Computations, is now finished!

Jul 14, 2023 •

Pavel Panchekha

June 2023

Changing Computed CSS Values

I recently merged a PR that changes how the WBE browser handles “computed styles”.

Jun 3, 2023 •

Pavel Panchekha

March 2023

Chapter 15: Supporting Embedded Content

Images, iframes, and scripting

Mar 20, 2023 •

Chris Harrelson

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