One day, I think the grocery next to the building I live in will release some JavaScript library. I know it sounds insane, but seeing BBC releasing such a thing is also a big surprise, so why not think ahead? OK, OK, I admit it – a grocery won’t ever get into Web development, but since BBC released Glow… why not talk about it?
The idea behind Glow is to bring JavaScript and DOM project closer to those who see this as a gruesome task, making it all easier by abstracting common tasks, hiding cross-browser issues, as well as providing a set of user interface widgets.
While Glow comes as the first open source JavaScript library from BBC, this isn’t the first such release from the media giant. Covered by the terms of the Apache 2.0 license, Glow is freely available to be used and modified by anyone who feels up to it, and the examples available on the official page aren’t looking bad at all…
Compatibility: any major browser with JavaScript support available
