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

Firefox Marketplace

Firefox Marketplace

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…

aspivak@mozilla.com

@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

25

Production Phones

26

Production Phones