Google Chrome -- A Quick Run Through !!!

Chrome -- Google’s entry into the Browser Market has made the race more competitive for all major Browser players.

Google choose an unusual rather a bold way of launching its Browser. So the only question arises is “If you were launching a new browser, or anything else, would you do it through the medium of a comic book ?”.

And that’s what Google Did !!!

Google released its browser named Chrome by means of a Comic Book. How unusual !!!. But that’s Google.

Read Google Chrome Comic Book

Components Of GUI based Web Browser

1. Rendering Engine or Layout Engine

The Layout Engine that the Chrome uses is the WebKit where as Firefox uses the engines named GECKO.

Webkit – An Open Source Rendering Engine for Chrome

1. Which uses Memory efficiently

2. Easily Adapted to Embedded Devices

3. Since Open Source, so easy for developers to learn to make the code base work.

4. And it’s kept much simple.

2. JavaScript Engine

V8 Engine - Open Source Project

1. Introduced hidden classes

2. translating JavaScript code to Machine Code instead of using an interpreter to make it faster.

3. Eliminating Garbage Collection Process , Fast Allocation and minimal process while running JavaScript

4. Reclaiming storage Objects is done it small pieces.

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V8: An Open Source JavaScript Engine