Engagement/Developer Engagement/FirefoxOS-porting-training
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- 1 Porting HTML5 apps to Firefox OS training outline
- 1.1 Before the Event: Prerequisites
- 1.2 Day 1: Setting the stage and sharing knowledge
- 1.2.1 09:00 Breakfast and networking
- 1.2.2 09:30 Introduction
- 1.2.3 10:15 - 11:15 Presentation: Firefox OS
- 1.2.4 11:15 - 12:15 Presentation: Web APIs
- 1.2.5 12:15 - 13:00 Lunch (either provided or getting people out to hunt squirrels)
- 1.2.6 13:00 - 13:45 Presentation: What makes a good Firefox OS app
- 1.2.7 13:45 - 14:45 Presentation: Infrastructure
- 1.2.8 14:45 - 15:45 Presentation: Pitfalls and helpers
- 1.2.9 15:45 - 16:00 break
- 1.2.10 16:00 - 17:00 Problem Round Table
- 1.2.11 17:00- 18:30 Workshop: Installing development environments and getting to know Firefox OS
- 1.2.12 18:30 - 19:00 Group organisation - partnering Mozilla people with teams and planning the next day activities in groups
- 1.2.13 19:00 Dinner and merriments
- 1.3 Day 2: Pencils down, roll up sleeves
Porting HTML5 apps to Firefox OS training outline
This is a training outline for the invite-only workshops to port existing HTML5 apps to Firefox OS. They will be held in Mountain View on 4-5 January, 2013 and London on 18-19 January.
Before the Event: Prerequisites
Briefing e-mail to attendees with:
- Goals
- Agenda
- What to bring
- How to set up development environment
- Pointers to other resources
Day 1: Setting the stage and sharing knowledge
09:00 Breakfast and networking
09:30 Introduction
Speaker: Technology Evangelist (Chris Heilmann)
- Introducing the agenda of the event
- Explanation of facilities - getting people connected, ensuring power
- Who are you, optionally what app are you building
10:15 - 11:15 Presentation: Firefox OS
Speaker: B2G Engineer (Mountain View: Philipp von Weitershausen 'Philikon', Friday only; London: TBC; Tom Curtis of TEF is willing to assist)
- Quick introduction to the architecture of the Firefox OS, why we do it and where to find information and help.
- Introduction of the communication channels in case you need information after the event
- How to get your hands on Firefox OS
- Building it yourself
- Emulation / r2d2b2g
- Introduction of test devices and how to test on Firefox OS (keys, handling)
- How to get apps onto device
11:15 - 12:15 Presentation: Web APIs
Speaker: Technology Evangelist (Robert Nyman)
- Overview of all the Web APIs supported in Firefox OS
- MozApps API overview
- Demo code, examples of how to get them to work
- Where and how to file bugs
12:15 - 13:00 Lunch (either provided or getting people out to hunt squirrels)
13:00 - 13:45 Presentation: What makes a good Firefox OS app
Speaker: Technical Evangelist or Apps/Dev Ecosystem Engineer (Mtn View: Potch, London: James Long, Mortar dev )
- Explanation of the must haves of a good Firefox OS app:
- Device specific handling (touch vs. mouse)
- Offline capability, atomic updates and quick first load experience
- Full screen
- Good UI patterns (lists, panels, visual feedback, fingers not covering important parts)
- Performance Tips & Tricks
- Guided tour of built-in app
- Detailed information on the manifest format
13:45 - 14:45 Presentation: Infrastructure
Speaker: Marketplace Engineer or Product Lead (Mtn View: Bill Walker, London: James Hugman - Friday only / TBC Apps & Marketplace)
- Explanation of the Firefox marketplace and how to submit apps
- Detailed explanation and demo of how an app submission works
- Introduction to payment systems
- Updating your apps in the future
- Introduction to the idea of findable apps on the web
14:45 - 15:45 Presentation: Pitfalls and helpers
Speaker: Technology Evangelist (Rob Hawkes)
- Introducing gotchas of HTML5 app development (broken AppCache issues)
- Introducing helper libraries and tools to use (Lawnchair for local storage, Gecko-friendly libraries (Modernizr))
- Other helpers: AppCache generator, etc.
15:45 - 16:00 break
16:00 - 17:00 Problem Round Table
Speakers: experts from earlier in the day
- Talk about what problems you've experienced or anticipate and discuss workarounds
17:00- 18:30 Workshop: Installing development environments and getting to know Firefox OS
Speakers: Technology Evangelists
- Helping all the people who came to install their dev environment, distribute phones and show how to test on them
18:30 - 19:00 Group organisation - partnering Mozilla people with teams and planning the next day activities in groups
19:00 Dinner and merriments
Day 2: Pencils down, roll up sleeves
09:00 Breakfast and networking
10:00 Introduction
Speaker: Technology Evangelist (Chris Heilmann)
- Introducing the agenda of today
- Explanation of facilities - who is where, how to get what
10:30 - 13:00 Group work
13:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Group work
16:00 - 17:00 Results and findings presentations
Speaker: Technology Evangelist (Chris Heilmann)
- Quick presentations by each team about what they achieved and where they got stuck
- Presentation of ways to work around issues encountered
- Target date for submission; inducements for meeting target
17:00 - 17:30 Keep in contact presentation
Speaker: Technology Evangelist
- Explanation of the ongoing ways to contact the team and get help
- Explanation on how to contribute to B2G and Web APIs
- Introduction of other schemes planned for developers
- Go-to resources for issue resolution