Lets build a browser

We'll build a toy browser engine using Javascript able to parse a subset of HTML and CSS and generate an image from it.

This will be a series of 4 workshops based on a blog post series by Matt Brubeck: http://limpet.net/mbrubeck/2014/08/08/toy-layout-engine-1.html

We'll re-implement the node.js version of the Robinson browser: https://github.com/yanhick/robinson.js

For who ?

Those workshops are for front-end developers wishing to know more about browsers internals.

Pre-requisites

• Laptop (Linux, Mac or Windows)
• Installed node.js (v0.10+) and npm
• Basic Javascript (ES5) knowledge
• Basic git and github usage
• Understanting of TDD/BDD is a plus
• Experience with node.js is a plus

Where ?

2169 Mission St, in Turing

When ?

• DOM/HTML, March 9, 7pm-9pm
• CSS/Styling, March 16, 7pm-9pm
• Layout, March 23, 7pm-9pm
• Painting/IO, March 30, 7pm-9pm

Details

• The workshops will be 2 hours each: 15 mins of theory then 1h45 of implementation
• The workshops will all be self-contained, the code will be provided at the beginning of each session.
• They can be attented individually

Contact

Contact me if you have any questions: yannick.dominguez@gmail.com