The diversity of web browsers and devices to plan for while developing for the web can be overwhelming, but mostly a pain in the tail. Factor in the number of browser versions, too, and you’ll find yourself spending more time accommodating the lack of uniformity and less time doing what you love.
Developing the web.
With an impressive list of ‘stewards,’ WebPlatform.org’ has launched a new web resource that hopes to bring all web documentation to one place.
WebPlatform.org
From the WebPlatform website:
“We are an open community of developers building resources for a better web, regardless of brand, browser or platform. Anyone can contribute and each person who does makes us stronger. Together we can continue to drive innovation on the Web to serve the greater good. It starts here, with you.”
Sounds great, but will it work?
I was hoping for some semblance of web standards would arise, not just a virtual filing cabinet of how to program for dozens of web browsers, but it’s a start, right?
WebPlatform.org has been convened by W3C and includes support from:
Support is defined by “content, people, funding, and other contributions.”
A little vague, but it’s good to see so many heavy hitters on board–again, whatever that ends-up looking like in the end.
Here’s some insight to WebPlatform:
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You’ll find documentation, forums, tutorials, chat, blog and more. It certainly looks promising and it’s exciting to see something arise with this kind of vision of backing. I’m anxious to see where this is at in a year from now.
Will it become the resource for web developers or simply another bookmarked site to check when looking for answers?
Either way, I’ll be bookmarking WebPlatform.org and watching to see how this grows.
What do you think about WebPlateform.org?
Matt Brier says
I kind of thought that was what W3C and W3Schools was for in the first place. I think it’s a great idea, especially if companies come on board with the idea of programming to a standard practice across all platforms. However, Microsoft is one of the biggest offenders, and Adobe not far behind, when it comes to web standards so their inclusion in the process makes me a bit wary of how things will work.
Definitely worth keeping an eye on though, I’m a fan of W3C’s web ideology.
Curtis says
webplatform.org *is* WSC. This seems to be a re-branding, re-energizing effort, probably since most people were starting to pretty much ignore WSC anyway. I hope it helps people pay attention to WSC again.
Matt Brier says
I get this is a W3C venture, I just question whether or not it was really necessary.
Eric Dye says
I think it will. It’s as if WSC jumped to web 2.0 finally.
Eric Dye says
I agree. I thought that was what W3C was for, too. This, however, looks promising and a lot easier to use.
Curtis says
Silly me, I always thought searching for documentation about different web platforms on different websites is what Google was for. I’m not sure how webplatform.org could do it any better. It does seem like a noble effort; I hope it works.
Eric Dye says
LOL! I know, right? Maybe this will help parse out those old posts that talk about old ways of doing things, but only show high in Google search results because they have so much Google juice.