The WaSP DOM Scripting Task Force
Some exciting news: the Web Standards Project have set up the DOM Scripting Task Force to boost the quality of scripting on the world wide web. There are lots of very important scripting people who are part of it, like PPK and Jeremy Keith and Dean Edwards and Christian Heilmann and Derek Featherstone. And me, too. DOM Scripting is, I think, the most important thing that remains to be sold to the web development community; structured HTML and stylesheet-based design are now known as the superior techniques and people are following them. (As Mark Pilgrim once memorably said, “It is quite obvious to me that these are the future of the Internet and of the computing industry in general, and if you don’t see that by now, I can’t help you. Adapt or get left behind.“) The nature of decent scripting, though, is still a bit out in left-field; there’s too much perception that scripting is (a) for kiddies who want flashy effects or (b) bad for accessibility or© not part of a proper web hacker’s toolkit. The DOM Scripting Task Force is going to do its best to change that. You can read the WaSP’s official press release about the Scripting TF, and the DOM Scripting task force’s official site will be garnering content as time goes on. Web developers: this is your call to arms. Get on, or get out of the way.
Go get ‘em, tiger! ;)
21 minutes later
I couldn’t help noticing this though – Jeremy Keith says – “In a nutshell, our mission is to bring DOM Scripting up to parity with XHTML and CSS as a useful and necessary tool“.
Given your views, and those of others, about using XHTML for DHMTL purposes, I wonder how that issue is going to pan out?
8 hours later
Although I should add, this is an exciting development – looks like I picked the wrong fortnight to go on holiday…;-)
8 hours later
Tony: I expect there to be the odd argument or two about the XHTML issue, but that sort of argument is fun, not nasty :)
19 hours later
Well, it will be interesting to see how it develops in the coming months.
20 hours later
And did I really type DHMTL???? It was late, that’s my excuse.
20 hours later
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10 weeks later
I saw that you are involved with the DOM Scripting task force, well we are having a workshop in NYC on July 6th with Jeremy. I would like to send you a personal invitation to sign up for the workshop.
http://www.carsonworkshops.com/dev/keith/06JULY2006.html
Could you help us spread the word? I could send you a Survival Kit to show our appreciation for helping us out.
Thanks,
Sabrina
47 weeks later