Re: [ReSpec] Google Summer of Code

Welcome Sid! And a thank you to the entire team for this excellent tool :)

Talk soon.
— Michiel Bijl

> On 27 Apr 2018, at 05:40, Marcos Caceres <mcaceres@mozilla.com> wrote:
> 
> 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, 4 May 2018 14:13:10 UTC