[ReSpec] Google Summer of Code

Hi ReSpec Users,

tl;dr: ReSpec is now officially part of "Google's Summer of Code". As
such, I'm really excited to announce that Sid Vishnoi, a Masters
Student in Computer Applications from the University of Delhi, will be
joining ReSpec's core team.

Please make Sid feel welcome!

Sid is an extremely talented web developer with a background in
physics, and he's already landed some awesome features in ReSpec
behind the scenes: you may have noticed that your documents are faster
when reloaded. Sid helped us leverage the browser's Cache API in
various places to reduce network chattiness, making spec reloads super
snappy. Oh! and the recently-landed support for "Previous Editors"...
that was Sid too!

Over the next few months, Sid will work on improving ReSpec's
cross-referencing capabilities and doing general bug fixes. If you'd
like to know more about Sid, and what he plans to work on, please see
his project proposal [1]. Your input is encouraged.

Additionally, Sid has been working on two really awesome features,
that we hope to land really soon:

 1. Can I use integration: which shows a little browser support table
in the header based on data from caniuse.com.
 2. `var` element highlighting: allowing you to click on one or more
`var` elements in a spec's section or algorithm, to see where a
variable is being used. I'm personally really excited about this
feature. As it makes it much easier to visually understand complex
spec algorithms.

In a follow up email, once we land these two features, Sid will
provide instructions on how to enable each of the above in your own
specs.

Kind regards,
Marcos

[1] https://github.com/w3c/respec/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2018-:-Proposal

Received on Friday, 27 April 2018 03:41:13 UTC