Patroon is a template engine written in Javascript in about 100 lines of code. It takes existing DOM nodes annotated with CSS classes and expand a data object according to simple rules. Additionally you may use traditional string interpolation inside attribute values and text nodes.

You liked seeking to any playing position and experience immediate playback. You enjoyed the feeling of streaming video, without having to buy and maintain a streaming server. And you wanted to have a “web 2.0″ interface, easy to use controls, minimalistic design, flexible resolutions, TV-like fullscreen, a volume slider, video smoothing, URL-linking and user tracking via clickTAG.

The book aims to provide a modern approach to information retrieval from a computer science perspective.