I built a small browser engine from scratch in C++
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A Korean high school senior built a browser engine from scratch in C++ to understand how browsers render HTML. The 8-week project implements core browser functionality including HTML/CSS parsing, DOM tree construction, layout calculation, and rendering using Qt6. Despite being new to C++, they successfully created a working browser that handles basic HTML elements, CSS properties, images, and navigation.
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