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Web browsers are ubiquitous, but how do they work? This book explains, building a basic but complete web browser, from networking to JavaScript, in a couple thousand lines of Python.

Syllabus

Introduction
  1. Preface
  2. Browsers and the Web
  3. History of the Web
Part 1: Loading Pages
  1. Downloading Web Pages
  2. Drawing to the Screen
  3. Formatting Text
Part 2: Viewing Documents
  1. Constructing an HTML Tree
  2. Laying Out Pages
  3. Applying Author Styles
  4. Handling Buttons and Links
Part 3: Running Applications
  1. Sending Information to Servers
  2. Running Interactive Scripts
  3. Keeping Data Private
Part 4: Modern Browsers
  1. Adding Visual Effects
  2. Scheduling Tasks and Threads
  3. Animating and Compositing
  4. Making Content Accessible
  5. Supporting Embedded Content
  6. Reusing Previous Computation
Conclusion
  1. What Wasn’t Covered
  2. A Changing Landscape

Taught by

Pavel Panchekha, Chris Harrelson

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