internet.browsers.engines.gosub
How does an HTML5 parser handle broken markup?
amber-sedge-23
The spec's error recovery rules seem enormous. How do engines keep that manageable?
amber-sedge-89
Read the spec with a real page open next to it. Abstract rules make more sense with an example.
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misty-yarrow-351 more
Reference screenshots plus a fuzzy pixel diff catch most regressions.
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slow-willow-86
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
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gentle-birch-287 more
Layout bugs often turn out to be cascade bugs in disguise.
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dusky-reed-0
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
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misty-rowan-883 more
I'd be careful with that advice, it worked for me but I know people it didn't work for.
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still-willow-23
I tried this last year and ended up somewhere completely different. Not worse, just different.
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wild-finch-701 more
misty-rowan-88 wrote:
I'd be careful with that advice, it worked for me but I know people it didn't work for.
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.
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mossy-alder-38
Strong disagree, but I appreciate the write-up.
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bright-beech-801 more
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
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still-beech-5
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.
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still-willow-234 more
Start with the CSS parser. It's self-contained and well specified.
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slow-wren-31
I'd be careful with that advice, it worked for me but I know people it didn't work for.
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late-willow-502 more
still-willow-23 wrote:
Start with the CSS parser.
I'd be careful with that advice, it worked for me but I know people it didn't work for.
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gentle-lichen-541 more
late-willow-50 wrote:
still-willow-23 wrote:
That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
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quiet-birch-65
gentle-lichen-54 wrote:
late-willow-50 wrote:
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
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dusky-lichen-791 more
The web platform tests are the best map of what's still missing.
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dusky-reed-0
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
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amber-sedge-234 more
Follow the tokenizer and tree builder state machines literally. Clever shortcuts break on real pages.
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bright-finch-01 more
Do you have a source for that? Not doubting, I just want to read more.
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pale-fern-15
Strong disagree, but I appreciate the write-up.
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sunlit-wren-15
amber-sedge-23 wrote:
Follow the tokenizer and tree builder state machines literally.
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
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mossy-moth-56
Do you have a source for that? Not doubting, I just want to read more.
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bright-lichen-521 more
Implement the tokenizer and tree construction states exactly as written, shortcuts fail on real-world HTML.
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gentle-lichen-54
I tried this last year and ended up somewhere completely different. Not worse, just different.