Beyond Interop: Baseline and more
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Event details

Date:
– Central European Summer Time
Status:
Confirmed
Location:
Nervion-Arenal II - Level -1
Participants:
Rachel Andrew, Panos Astithas, Christian Biesinger, Emilio Cobos Álvarez, Elika Etemad, Shuo Feng, Marie-Claire Forgue, Dominique Hazaël-Massieux, Ruth John, Romain Menke, Robert Nyman, Barry Pollard, Florian Scholz, Henrik Skupin, Brian Smith, Sam Sneddon, Miriam Suzanne, Kadir Topal, Lea Verou
Big meeting:
TPAC 2023 (Calendar)

Web developers report that keeping up with changes to the platform is a major issue for them. Developers have difficulty keeping up with changes in the web platform, such as the introduction of new features and the resolution of interoperability issues, and knowing when features are well-established in their users’ browsers.

Even though many developers enjoy access to detailed information about their audiences and the browsers they use (e.g., through site analytics, support metrics, user interviews, etc.), others don’t or work at a remove from end users. A new project won’t have a measurable audience until it launches. A library maintainer or application vendor might have, at best, an indirect view of the capabilities of users’ browsers.

Despite the glut of information about browser support, releases, and global usage, these developers are left on their own to draw a platform-wide support picture, with ample opportunity for errors and confusion.

The Baseline project is one way that intends to help these developers by offering a shortcut past the complexity.

This session will discuss the lessons we learned in the WebDX CG, open questions we have, and possible ways forward to serve the web developer community.

Agenda

Chairs:
Kadir Topal

Description:
Web developers report that keeping up with changes to the platform is a major issue for them. Developers have difficulty keeping up with changes in the web platform, such as the introduction of new features and the resolution of interoperability issues, and knowing when features are well-established in their users’ browsers.

Even though many developers enjoy access to detailed information about their audiences and the browsers they use (e.g., through site analytics, support metrics, user interviews, etc.), others don’t or work at a remove from end users. A new project won’t have a measurable audience until it launches. A library maintainer or application vendor might have, at best, an indirect view of the capabilities of users’ browsers.

Despite the glut of information about browser support, releases, and global usage, these developers are left on their own to draw a platform-wide support picture, with ample opportunity for errors and confusion.

The Baseline project is one way that intends to help these developers by offering a shortcut past the complexity.

This session will discuss the lessons we learned in the WebDX CG, open questions we have, and possible ways forward to serve the web developer community.

Goal(s):
Broader awareness of the problem that is being addressed and identifying ideas that are worth exploring further

Materials:

Track(s):

  • developer experience

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