Getting Started Contributing to Firefox OS

Talk by Benjamin Kerensa and Alex Lakatos presented at O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2014.

Transcript

1. Getting Started Contributing to Firefox OS Benjamin Kerensa Alex Lakatos
2. Why Firefox OS • 1.2 billion people without access to smartphones or tablets • Eliminate price sensitivity barrier • Empower people worldwide to build the Open Web • Create a platform where Open Web technologies are a first class citizen
3. Firefox OS Now
4. Firefox OS Architecture Linux/Gonk (ADB enabled) Gecko rendering engine Third Party HTML5 Apps Web APIs / Web Actitivies GAIA
5. Firefox OS Architecture - + =
6. Governance
7. Firefox OS Development
8. Build Environment $ git clone git://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G.git $ B2G/build.sh
9. Hardware Requirements
10. Porting Guidelines
11. Bug Reporting
12. Bug Fixing
13. Adding New Features to Firefox OS
14. Developing an App for Firefox OS
15. Manifest File { "name": "My App", "description": "My elevator pitch goes here", "launch_path": "/index.html", "icons": { "128": "/img/icon-128.png" }, "developer": { "name": "Your name or organization", "url": "http://your-homepage-here.org" }, "default_locale": "en" }
16. Web API
17. Battery API var b = navigator.battery; if (b) { var level = Math.round(b.level * 100) + "%", charging = (b.charging) ? "" : "not ", chargeTime = parseInt(b.chargingTime / 60, 10), dischargeTime = parseInt(b.dischargingTime/60,10); b.addEventListener("levelchange", show); b.addEventListener("chargingchange", show); b.addEventListener("chargingtimechange", show); b.addEventListener("dischargingtimechange", show); }
18. Web Activities
19. Dial Web Activity var call = new MozActivity({ name: "dial", data: { number: "+1804100100" } });
20. Thank You! Alex Lakatos @lakatos88 alex.lakatos@mozilla.ro Benjamin Kerensa @bkerensa Github: bkerensa http://benjaminkerensa.com
21. Links https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Apps/Quickstart/ Build/Your_first_app https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/ Application_development https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/ Installing_on_a_mobile_device
 
 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/ Firefox_OS_Simulator