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`!Glow`! is an `F33f`_`[open-source`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Open-source_software]`_`f `F33f`_`[JavaScript`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=JavaScript]`_`f `F33f`_`[library`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=JavaScript_library]`_`f created by the `F33f`_`[BBC`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=BBC]`_`f. Development on Glow began in 2007,`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f] and it was publicly released under an `F33f`_`[Apache License`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Apache_License]`_`f in July 2009.`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f]

The rationale for the development of the library, as opposed to using other libraries such as `F33f`_`[jQuery`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=JQuery]`_`f or `F33f`_`[YUI`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=YUI_Library]`_`f, was to meet the BBC's stated targets for cross-`F33f`_`[browser`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_browser]`_`f compatibility (particularly Safari 1.3)`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f] that are of particular use in creating a website that uses data that corresponds to times, for example `F33f`_`[broadcast`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Broadcast]`_`f `F33f`_`[metadata`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Metadata]`_`f.

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>>References

`:cite-note-wikidata-8041518401a5ac6b3538450266f2188de5f4b352-v20-1`!1.`! "Release 1.7.7". 30 June 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f "Glow JavaScript library open source release". Retrieved 2009-07-09.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f "Public unveiling of BBC glow". Retrieved 2009-07-09.

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f "BBC Glow - Hacker News".

>>External links

• Official homepage

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