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Glow (JavaScript library)

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Glow
Developer(s)BBC
Final release
1.7.7[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 30 June 2011; 13 years ago (30 June 2011)
Repository
Written inJavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform (JavaScript)
TypeJavaScript library
LicenseApache License
Websitewww.bbc.co.uk/glow/

Glow is an open-source JavaScript library created by the BBC. Development on Glow began in 2007,[2] and it was publicly released under an Apache License in July 2009.[3]

The rationale for the development of the library, as opposed to using other libraries such as jQuery or YUI, was to meet the BBC's stated targets for cross-browser compatibility (particularly Safari 1.3)[4] that are of particular use in creating a website that uses data that corresponds to times, for example broadcast metadata.

References

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  1. ^ "Release 1.7.7". 30 June 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Glow JavaScript library open source release". Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  3. ^ "Public unveiling of BBC glow". Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  4. ^ "BBC Glow - Hacker News".
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