Changing web standards - HTTP 203
trueSomething a bit different for HTTP 203: Jake & Surma make a change to a web standard. Includes how to read specs, and how to write web platform tests.
01:37 There's a problem with IndexedDB. 07:07 How do we start adding a feature to the web? 08:24 How to find the right spec. 10:15 The structure of a web spec. 13:26 Proposing a new feature. 16:29 THE WORK BEGINS. 16:55 Test-driven standards development. 37:54 Changing the spec. 55:07 Revisiting the tests. 58:15 Opening PRs.
Links: Jake's IDB library https://www.npmjs.com/package/idb The IndexedDB spec https://w3c.github.io/IndexedDB/ The spec issue https://github.com/w3c/IndexedDB/issues/255 Web Platform Tests https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt The IDB tests (which were expanded a little after recording) https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/pull/15820/files The spec change PR https://github.com/w3c/IndexedDB/pull/257/files
