Open Source Everything… including Documentation 28 September, 2013 Ali Spivak Product Manager, Mozilla Developer Network
Open Source Everything...including documentation
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Presentation given to ICFOSS in Trivandrum, India on September 28, 2013
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Open Source Everything…including Documentation
28 September, 2013
Ali SpivakProduct Manager, Mozilla Developer Network
In the beginning there was…
https://github.com/mozilla
And then came…
What is Firefox OS?
- Open Platform / Open Source
- Built on Web technologies, only
- Targets new, emerging markets
- Very affordable hardware
- No credit card needed
- 18 mobile partners, 5 hardware
partners
https://github.com/mozilla-b2g
The Streamlined Firefox OS Software Stack
Three levels of access…
Hosted apps - stored on your server, easy to upgrade, limited access. Privileged apps - reviewed by the App store, uses a Content Security Policy, hosted on trusted server Certified apps - part of the OS, only by Mozilla and partners
Defined by manifest
{ "name": "My App", "description": "My elevator pitch goes here", "launch_path": "/", ”icons": { "128": "/img/icon-128.png" }, "developer": { "name": "Your name or organization", "url": http://your-homepage-here.org } }
App manifest
Developer Tools & References
— Marketplace Developer Hub
— Firefox OS Simulator
— Boilerplate app
— Reference apps
— App Generator
— App Validator
— Developer tools
— WebAPI Engineering Referen
ce
— WebAPI Documentation
Roadmap
Quarterly feature releases
Security updates every six weeks
Current production release: V1.0.1
— V1.1HD planned for August
— 1.2 in the fall
Why should I care about Firefox OS?
— Lowers investment; reuse across platforms.
— Not yet another new technology.
— Not locked into one sales or payment
model.
— Access to new smartphone markets &
users.
— Predictable future support as the browser is
the platform
Mozilla Developer NetworkOpen Sourcing the docs, too
What is MDN?
Open-Source Documentation
…docs are boring!
Oh, it’s “just” documentation.
By The Numbers
4.5 million page views a month
73k visitors per day
49,748 documents
9,185 contributors & 272,134 edits
520 demos by 297 developers
Firefox OS isn’t “boring”!
Others are also doing open docs…
There are many ways to contribute!
Not just writing docs
Join the community
Talk about MDN
Write, edit, tag content
LocalizeFix bugs
Become a Topic LeadContribute to the wiki platform code
Host an Event
Under the Hood
—Django (Python)—HTML mark-up for
writing/editing—Really cool API’s—Code on github
—Kumascript template language - powered by server-side JavaScript, implemented using Node.js.
It’s easy!
—Go to MDN: developer.mozilla.org—Create an account—Find what to work on (or ask for
help!)—Mailing list or IRC—Pages listing projects
—Start working!
Find me…
@alispivak (on Twitter)
alispivak on IRC
Slides:
http://www.slideshare.
net/alispivak/
Resources/Links
• Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/alispivak/• Mozilla India community: https://wiki.mozilla.org/India• MDN Projects: https://wiki.mozilla.org/MDN/Doc_Sprints/India• Editing Guide: https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/3/37/
Mozilla_MDN_Guide.pdf
Firefox OS Resources:• Release notes • Feature Support chart • B2G FAQ • WebAPI Engineering Reference wiki • Web API Documentation Status • Building & Installing Firefox OS
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