Writing a device updater? Seriously consider WebUSB @numworks

Writing a device updater? Seriously consider WebUSB! @ NumWorks.

WebUSB is a set of functions that that let you do USB communications in JavaScript straight from a web browser. It perfectly matches all our requirements:
A perfect match…
1. It is available on a wide range of devices and operating systems (Android, Windows, macOS and Linux)
2. It works out-of-the-box on most operating systems
3. We only need to write one JavaScript codebase for all devices and operating systems. Couldn’t get any smaller!

You’re going to hear a lot about WebUSB soon, this is a good start. Also, NumWorks is a cool graphing calculator.

More:
Access USB Devices on the Web – By François Beaufort, Dives into Chromium source code.
Chrome 61 Beta: JavaScript modules, Payment Request API on desktop, Web Share API, and WebUSB, Tuesday, August 15, 2017.
Chrome 54 Beta: Custom Elements V1, BroadcastChannel, and media platform improvements, Thursday, September 15, 2016.
WICG/webusb – Connecting hardware to the web.
WebUSB API. Editor’s Draft, 30 January 2018.
What is WebUSB? How It Helps Connecting USB Devices To The Web.

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