List: Lightning | Curated by Matthijs Langendijk

Sep 3, 2024
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LightningEverything about the TV-app development framework built by Metrological (A Comcast Company)
Matthijs Langendijk
Lightningjs 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…
Jul 17, 2024
Jul 17, 2024
Matthijs Langendijk
Deploying 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…
Jul 26, 2024
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Jul 26, 2024
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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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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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