{"id":61645,"date":"2009-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2009\/02\/13\/mozillas-developer-tools-lab-introduces-bespin\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T20:27:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:27:58","slug":"mozillas-developer-tools-lab-introduces-bespin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/mozillas-developer-tools-lab-introduces-bespin\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla&#8217;s Developer Tools Lab Introduces Bespin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: Mozilla&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/2008\/10\/developer-tools-and-the-open-web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Developer Tools Lab<\/a> released <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/projects\/bespin\/\">Bespin<\/a> on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 6:30 pm PT. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/almaer.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dion Almaer<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/benzilla.galbraiths.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/benzilla.galbraiths.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Galbraith&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/2009\/02\/introducing-bespin\/\">blog post<\/a> on the Mozilla Labs blog, excerpted below.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ajaxian.com\/archives\/bespin-a-new-mozilla-labs-experimental-extensible-code-editor-using-canvas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bespin<\/a> proposes an open extensible Web-based framework for code editing that aims to increase developer productivity, enable compelling user experiences, and promote the use of open standards.<\/p>\n<p>Based upon discussions with hundreds of developers, and our own experience developing for the Open Web, we\u2019ve come up with a <a>proposed set of features<\/a> along with some <strong>high-level goals<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ease of Use<\/strong> \u2014 the editor experience should not be intimidating and should facilitate quickly getting straight into the code<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real-time Collaboration<\/strong> \u2014 sharing live coding sessions with colleagues should be easy and collaboratively coding with one or more partners should Just Work<\/li>\n<li><strong>Integrated Command-Line<\/strong> \u2014 tools like vi and Emacs have demonstrated the power of integrating command-lines into editors; Bespin needs one, too<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extensible and Self-Hosted<\/strong> \u2014 the interface and capabilities of Bespin should be highly extensible and easily accessible to users through <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/project\/ubiquity\/\">Ubiquity<\/a>-like commands or via the plug-in API<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wicked Fast<\/strong> \u2014 the editor is just a toy unless it stays smooth and responsive editing files of very large sizes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessible from Anywhere<\/strong> \u2014 the code editor should work from anywhere, and from any device, using any modern standards-compliant browser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information and to learn how to join the team and get involved visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/bespin\/topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bespin group<\/a>, view the <a href=\"https:\/\/bespin.mozilla.com\/docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bespin code documentation,<\/a> or see the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Labs\/Bespin\/FAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: Mozilla&#8217;s Developer Tools Lab released Bespin on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 6:30 pm PT. 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Bespin proposes an open extensible Web-based framework for code editing that aims to increase developer productivity, enable compelling user experiences, and promote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mozilla&#039;s Developer Tools Lab Introduces Bespin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/mozillas-developer-tools-lab-introduces-bespin\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" 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