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::* Rendering engines try to speed up final display by painting initial content before all has rendered.
::* Rendering engines try to speed up final display by painting initial content before all has rendered.
::* Parsing HTML is more difficult than XML because of its 'soft' syntax   
::* Parsing HTML is more difficult than XML because of its 'soft' syntax   
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*Networking
::* Gets the data with HTTP requests etc
* Data Persistence
::* Stores cookies

Latest revision as of 17:30, 19 October 2012

notes

the parts of a browser

  • UI
  • search bar etc
  • BROWSER ENGINE
  • links UI to rendering engine
  • RENDERING ENGINE
  • Renders content by parsing HTML, constructing DOM tree and adding CSS to 'paint' each element in correct position
  • Firefox's rendering engine is 'Gecko'; Chrome & Safari use Webkit, another open source rendering engine.
  • Rendering engines try to speed up final display by painting initial content before all has rendered.
  • Parsing HTML is more difficult than XML because of its 'soft' syntax
  • Networking
  • Gets the data with HTTP requests etc
  • Data Persistence
  • Stores cookies
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