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Oct 10, 2020 · Mobile Development

Alibaba Youku Responsive Design Technology: Android and iOS Implementation Practices

Alibaba’s Youku team outlines a responsive design framework that uses a single codebase and dedicated SDKs to dynamically adapt Android and iOS app layouts across diverse screen sizes, detailing architecture, data handling, loading processes, and implementation strategies that reduce development effort and maintenance costs for multi‑device deployments.

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Alibaba Youku Responsive Design Technology: Android and iOS Implementation Practices

Youku Technology

Sep 28, 2020 · Frontend Development

How Youku Built a TV‑Focused Front‑End Framework with a Focus Engine

The article recounts five years of Youku’s OTT front‑end evolution, detailing the challenges of remote‑control navigation, the design of a component‑tree and focus‑engine architecture, and the progressive shift from raw source development through templating to a visual‑building platform that boosted efficiency, quality, and user engagement.

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How Youku Built a TV‑Focused Front‑End Framework with a Focus Engine

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Sep 25, 2020 · Frontend Development

How Weex Revolutionized OTT Front‑End Performance at Alibaba Entertainment

This article examines Alibaba Entertainment's three‑stage evolution of OTT front‑end technology—from early WebView implementations through a custom Blitz engine to the current Weex (RAX) solution—detailing implementation steps, performance‑boosting techniques, and measurable results that cut page load times by over 50%.

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How Weex Revolutionized OTT Front‑End Performance at Alibaba Entertainment

Youku Technology

Sep 24, 2020 · Backend Development

Technical Practices for High‑Performance Ticketing Platforms: A Damai Case Study

Damai’s TicketingPaaS combines high‑performance snapshot caching, SVG‑based seat digitalization, and LoRa‑enabled edge intelligence to handle Double‑11‑scale traffic, ensure seat consistency, and provide resilient on‑site entry, while offering extensible APIs and exploring blockchain and 5G for future ticket authenticity and immersive experiences.

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Technical Practices for High‑Performance Ticketing Platforms: A Damai Case Study

Youku Technology

Sep 23, 2020 · Industry Insights

How Alibaba’s Media AI Platform Revolutionizes Video Production

At the 2020 Cloud Expo Smart Entertainment Forum, Alibaba Entertainment’s senior algorithm expert Hu Yao highlighted short‑video creation challenges and presented the Media AI platform, which offers five AI‑driven capabilities—dynamic material extraction, intelligent processing, smart editing, template video generation, and interactive effects—to automate, scale, and personalize video production for both B‑side operations and C‑side creators, driving industry upgrade.

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How Alibaba’s Media AI Platform Revolutionizes Video Production

Youku Technology

Sep 21, 2020 · Backend Development

Youku Playback Center Technical Solutions: Adaptive Bitrate Streaming, Data‑Driven Optimization, Protocol Enhancements, Device Capability Management, and Playback Enhancement

Youku’s Playback Center tackles common video issues by combining real‑time data‑driven tuning, adaptive‑bitrate streaming, QUIC‑based transport optimization, device‑specific capability management, and post‑decoding enhancements, all supported by a tiered CDN and multi‑layer metric system that together ensure smooth, high‑quality playback across diverse networks and devices.

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Youku Playback Center Technical Solutions: Adaptive Bitrate Streaming, Data‑Driven Optimization, Protocol Enhancements, Device Capability Management, and Playback Enhancement

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Sep 18, 2020 · Big Data

Digitalization of Youku Long‑Video Content Supply Chain: Practices and Architecture

Youku’s digital content‑supply‑chain system transforms long‑video production by introducing a three‑stage framework—structured evaluation of talent and scripts, information‑driven production management, and a unified demand‑aligned content strategy—that curtails delays, mitigates risk, and saves over 100 million RMB while scaling to billions of data records daily.

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Digitalization of Youku Long‑Video Content Supply Chain: Practices and Architecture

Youku Technology

Sep 10, 2020 · Fundamentals

ZIP Streaming Decompression: Technical Principles and Implementation

The article explains Alibaba Youku’s picture‑book team’s streaming ZIP decompression technique that bypasses the end‑of‑file central directory by using each entry’s local file header, supports PKWARE and AES‑encrypted archives, and achieves up to 100 % faster extraction, reducing a 30 MB file’s load time to under one second.

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ZIP Streaming Decompression: Technical Principles and Implementation

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Aug 31, 2020 · Backend Development

Java Dynamic Class Loading, HotSwap, and Multi-ClassLoader Strategies for YMAP Micro-Application Platform

The article explains how Java’s dynamic class loading, HotSwap, and multi‑ClassLoader architectures can overcome long restart times, detailing YMAP’s serverless‑style platform that uses isolated ClassLoaders, cgroup‑based multi‑tenant isolation, and rapid build‑to‑test pipelines to achieve second‑level deployments.

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Java Dynamic Class Loading, HotSwap, and Multi-ClassLoader Strategies for YMAP Micro-Application Platform

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Aug 18, 2020 · Backend Development

How Youku Engineered a High‑Performance, Low‑Latency Marketing Platform

This article details Youku's membership marketing system architecture, covering complex marketing scenarios, high‑availability and low‑latency requirements, rule‑based QL engine, unified marketing framework, multi‑cache storage, multithreaded matching, asynchronous reward distribution, and distributed transaction mechanisms.

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How Youku Engineered a High‑Performance, Low‑Latency Marketing Platform