How a Shared Test Suite Fixed the Web’s Biggest Problems

It’s a key part of how web standards and browsers are developed, which grew from tiny beginnings, depends on a remarkably small number of people, is funded by the main browser companies together, and isn’t widely known despite the fact that even governments care about browser competitiveness and the compatibility it underpins.

Today, Web Platform Tests (WPT for short) is a comprehensive test suite for the web platform that helps ensure browser interoperability; exactly what you’d expect from a platform driven by specifications and…