Francois Daoust
Web And TV Specialist at W3C
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancois Daoust is a Web and TV specialist with 14+ years of experience building cross-platform web and mobile experiences, starting as a jack-of-all-trades at MotionBridge through its acquisition by Microsoft and now shaping web platform evolution at W3C. He combines hands-on software engineering with standards and specification work, contributing to high-profile projects like WebCodecs, WebGPU, ReSpec and Bikeshed to ensure interoperable, well-documented APIs. Comfortable across front-end, tooling and spec automation, he has improved publication workflows, fixed intricate WebIDL and markup issues, and modernized docs to meet W3C rules. Based in Paris and trained at École Centrale Paris, he uniquely bridges startup pragmatism and international standards practice to bring real-world implementation concerns into the specification process.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering, Engineering at Ecole Centrale Paris
Github Skills (23)
json10
spec10
javascript10
bootstrap10
json-schema10
css10
user-interface10
forms10
webidl10
syntax10
sched10
wgsl10
webgpu10
specification10
web-standards10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
jsonform/jsonform
Mar 2012 - Jan 2014
Build forms from JSON Schema. Easily template-able. Compatible with Bootstrap 3 out of the box.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Francois primarily contributed to the front-end development of the JSON Form library. They implemented new form elements, such as "expandable" fieldsets and "selectfieldset" tabs, enhancing the library's capabilities for creating more complex forms. The user also refactored the code to support Bootstrap 2.0, updating class names and templates for a better user experience. Furthermore, they improved the functionality of the "selectfieldset" sections, including the implementation of a select menu for tabs and ensuring the correct tab is displayed when form values are present.
boxbootstrap-3javascriptout-of-the-boxjson-form
w3c/webcodecs
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
WebCodecs is a flexible web API for encoding and decoding audio and video.
Role in this project:Technical Writer & Software Engineer (Focused on Specification & Code)
Technical Writer & Software Engineer (Focused on Specification & Code)Contributions:14 reviews, 128 commits, 30 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Francois primarily contributed to the specification and documentation of the WebCodecs API, ensuring its alignment with W3C standards and specifications. The contributions involved migrating the spec to the Media Working Group, updating metadata, and refining the structure of the documentation. They also made code changes to the WebIDL definitions and corrected markup to ensure proper rendering, including adjustments to memory layouts and examples. This user demonstrated an understanding of the API's design and implementation details, and was responsible for maintaining the integrity of the specification.
apidecodingwebrtcencodingaudio
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