List: Lightning | Curated by Matthijs Langendijk

Jan 5, 2024
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LightningEverything about the TV-app development framework built by Metrological (A Comcast Company)
Matthijs Langendijk
Video playback with Blits (Lightning3)One of the most important parts of any TV application is the video player. In this blog we’ll dive into what it takes to implement a video…
Dec 20, 2023
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Dec 20, 2023
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Matthijs Langendijk
What’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…
Sep 25, 2023
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Sep 25, 2023
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Matthijs Langendijk
Lightning 3: The Basics of BlitsBack in September, the first open beta of Lightning 3 was announced. As part of that announcement, two different options for developing…
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
Matthijs Langendijk
Introduction to Lightning, the TV-app development frameworkPicking the right development framework when building TV-apps is really a crucial first step. In one of my latest blogs I looked at…
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
Matthijs Langendijk
Getting Started with Lightning, the TV-App Development FrameworkUnderstanding the core principles of developing with Lightning, how we can use it, and what Lightning provides for developers.
Feb 21, 2022
Feb 21, 2022
Matthijs Langendijk
Deploying and running Lightning apps on SmartTVWhile Lightning is a framework made specifically for tv-applications running the Metrological Appstore (or RDK in general), it can…
Sep 12, 2022
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Sep 12, 2022
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Matthijs Langendijk
Using ShakaPlayer with LightningJSIn this blog, we’ll take a look at extending the default media player in Lightning, and using it with ShakaPlayer to manage our playback.
Dec 2, 2022
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Dec 2, 2022
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Matthijs Langendijk
The business benefits of using Lightning for your TV-appsIn the past few months, I’ve written several articles about the technical details of using Lightning. As you can tell, Lightning clearly…
Oct 17, 2022
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Oct 17, 2022
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Matthijs Langendijk
Rapid TV-app development with new Lightning UI ComponentsTime is everything in today’s day and age. Whether it’s time for development, or a quick time to market... being able to deliver fast is…
Mar 16, 2023
Mar 16, 2023
Matthijs Langendijk
I developed an F1TV app for my ‘old’ LG televisionOver several evenings in the past week or two I’ve been trying to get a Formula1 TV app running on my ancient LG television from 2018…
Jun 23, 2022
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Jun 23, 2022
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