Opening the mobile web Mozilla and Firefox OS
Chit Thiri Maung (@ahkeno)Devcon Myanmar, September 2012
Who am I?
• Chit Thiri Maung
• Community Manager , MozReps
• MozReps Evangelist
• Web Developer
Q & A
https://etherpad.mozilla.org/remo-developer-conference-yangon-2012
#DevCon2012
introduction• What is Community ?
Mozilla Myanmar Community
• What has Mozilla done?
• What do we do now?
• A new challenge
• Firefox for developers
• Firefox OS / Apps for the web
Photo by the McCloudshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mjparnell/435465575/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flag-of-myanmar/
Mozilla Myanmarhttp://mozillamyanmar.org/
Mozcamp Asia 2011
Intercontinental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Saturday 19 November to Sunday 20
November 2011.
Localization (Firefox Aurora)
http://a.maimult.ro/lmo/projects.php?l=my-MM&f=0
Learning form Web
Open Source helped me a lot!
What Mozilla Did...
Web Developer
What Mozilla Did...
Ongoing workMozilla beyond Firefox
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FIREFOX TO THE RESCUE?
Download Firefox for Android
• Can’t access Google play?
• Don’t worry!
• Go to http://mozillamyanmar.org• Click download Firefox for android
https://thimble.webmaker.org/en-US/projects/map/edit
Learning by doing!
Mozilla Popcorn
http://mozillapopcorn.org/
FIREFOX FOR DEVELOPERS
RESPONSIVE DESIGN VIEW
http://paulrouget.com/e/devtoolsupdate/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t07cLJhJkjQ
RESPONSIVE DESIGN VIEW
http://paulrouget.com/e/devtoolsupdate/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t07cLJhJkjQ
REMOTE DEBUGGING
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/08/remote-debugging-on-firefox-for-android/
Learn at Developer Network
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
The web is the platform
Photo by Jason Weaverhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/indyplanets/5693612984/
BROKEN PROMISES
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Building a complete standalone operation system for the open web
FIREFOX OS WEB ENABLED PHONES FOR ALL!
Gecko Gaia
Photo by Alesa Damhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/alesadam/3869366195/
GAIAThe user interface
of B2G
GONKThe low level OS
for B2GGECKOThe application runtime
of B2G
Web Technology API
HOW TO PLAY WITH FIREFOX OS...
• Run GAIA in Firefox Nightly (simplest way)
• Use a desktop simulator (OSX / Linux)
• https://github.com/download/sihorton/b2g-desktop-profile-installer/b2g-potable.exe
• Build your own device (very hard indeed)
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Gaia/Hacking
WEB APPS ON THE PHONE
https://marketplace.mozilla.org/
https://marketplace.mozilla.org/
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Code FeedbackWrite apps,
contribute to Gaia,contribute to B2G
UseUse Marketplace,Use the Web API,
Use B2G
Photo by William Quivigerhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/28959625@N04/6120450372/
Give your input on APIs,request features, test
and log bugs
WHERE TO FIND MORE INFO
Follow @Boot2Gecko and @mozhacks on Twitter
Join platform mailing list:
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.platform
Join in on IRC: irc.mozilla.org channel #B2G
B2G Repo: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G
B2G Architecture: https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/Architecture
Gaia Repo: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia
Developer Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla/
Boot_to_Gecko
Web API Docs: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI
Invitation
• The Mozilla project uses a community-based approach to create world-class open source software and to develop new types of collaborative activities.
• We create communities of people involved in making the Internet experience better for all of us.
• http://mozillamyanmar.org
Chit Thiri Maung
Follow me on Twitter @ahkeno
contact me [email protected]
http://mozillamyanmar.org
Follow us on twitter @mozillamyanmar
Contact us [email protected]
THANKS!
