Matthijs Langendijk·Mar 26Lightning 3.1: Migrating from Blits v1 to Blits v2With the recent announcement of Lightning 3.1 last week, a new version of Blits has dropped alongside it. This grouped release bundles…
Navaneeth M·Jan 2What real TV apps taught me about performanceI didn’t arrive at this conclusion from theory or best practices. I arrived at it after shipping Smart-TV apps that worked, passed QA, and…A response icon2A response icon2
Matthijs Langendijk·Jul 26, 2024Deploying and running Lightning 3 apps with Blits on SmartTVLightning 3 and Blits are out with their official v1 releases! Can you imagine it’s been a year since the first introduction? Now, with…A response icon4A response icon4
Matthijs Langendijk·Jul 17, 2024Lightningjs 3: (almost) a year laterCan you believe it’s been almost a year since Lightningjs version 3 saw the light of day? Back in September 2023, at the RDK Global Summit…
TV2Z·Sep 29, 2023Introducing T-Connect, the next step in Lightning/Firebolt application development.As announced at this year’s RDK Summit, TV2Z is launching and offering a free LightningJS/Firebolt CTV Application template to the RDK…
Matthijs Langendijk·Sep 25, 2023What’s new in the first public Beta of Lightning 3At the RDK Global Summit 2023 in Amsterdam last week, the first beta of Lightning version 3 was announced. This initial release makes it…A response icon1A response icon1
Matthijs Langendijk·Jul 17, 2023Does Github Copilot understand streaming apps?Using Copilot is something I recommend to every developer out there. Does it fully replace the need to understand and write code yourself…
AMAL MOHAN N·May 19, 2023Vite vs Lightning benchmarkWe have been using Vite for building our Lightning Application as it is highly configurable and have many functionalities than Lightning…
AMAL MOHAN N·May 18, 2023Bundling Lightning JS Application for Android Tv.Android Tv is one of major share holder in the world of Smart Tv. When developing a smart tv application, android Tv is inevitable. This…
AMAL MOHAN N·May 2, 2023Page Transitions and Custom Transitions in RDK Lightning JSAnimations and Page transitions are one important areas to look into when it come to UX. These two plays a major role in retaining the user…