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karan Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,135 PointsWebkit
What is Webkit I have at a lot places they have added this code started with the Webkit Toolkit
4 Answers
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsWebkit is the core web browser engine developed by Apple and primarily used in its Safari web browser, and is embedded apps such as Mail, App Store, and others on macOS, iOS, and Linux. The first word in this paragraph is a link to their web site where it is discussed in detail.
karan Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,135 PointsActually, I wanted to know what it is as in what is a web browser engine, I never heard about that before, what is it for, as i do not have any knowledge about web browser engine or any of these!
karan Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,135 PointsHey Steven, Thankyou so much for the help, I just want to share and make sure that what I got is right with you The engine is which interprets the code and show that to the user on the larger program i.e Web Browser. The Usual engine sometimes misses out the transitions or few other stuff to make that work we specifically add the -webkit or any other engine as per the browser compatibility and it makes sure that everything works and interpreted fine to the User. Am I right about the info?
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsSounds about right, but remember that not all browsers use Webkit. Any codes that have the word -webkit in them will only work on webkit browsers.
karan Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,135 PointsOkay thankyou so much
karan Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,135 Pointskaran Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,135 PointsHi, I tried reading but I am not exactly clear what's its usage, because they have used such words which I am unable to understand. Any other link you might have for better understanding sir.
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsSteven Parker
231,198 PointsDepending on what it is you want to know, here's the Apple Webkit documentation, MDN has a complete list of WebKit CSS extensions, the "for dummies" book publishers have a WebKit For Dummies Cheat Sheet, and here's a blog on WebKit for Developers. And there's plenty more information to be found with any search engine.
UPDATE: For more generic information about web browsers (like what you are using now), here's the Wikipedia page on Web Browser, and the MDN page on What is a web browser?.