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[http://mzl.la/OSCON OSCON] is a prominent open source developer conference held each summer in Portland, Oregon and Contributor [http://mzl.la/BenjaminK Benjamin Kerensa] is one of Mozilla's key organizers at this year's event (happening next week). He was interviewed by opensource.com about [http://mzl.la/BKFxOS three ways developers can contribute to Firefox OS]. | * ''Google I/O: Where was the web?'' Read some [http://mzl.la/GoogleIOU reflections] on Google's largest developer event last month from Principal Evangelist [http://mzl.la/ChristianH/ Christian Heilmann]. | ||
* ''[http://mzl.la/OSCON OSCON]'' is a prominent open source developer conference held each summer in Portland, Oregon and Contributor [http://mzl.la/BenjaminK Benjamin Kerensa] is one of Mozilla's key organizers at this year's event (happening next week). He was interviewed by opensource.com about [http://mzl.la/BKFxOS three ways developers can contribute to Firefox OS]. | |||
'''Project & event highlights''' | '''Project & event highlights''' | ||
''Marketplace Day.'' | * ''Marketplace Day.'' Lots of testing, translation, app reviews and documentation was had by all on June 26. Check out the [http://mzl.la/MPDayJune14 full run-down]. | ||
Lots of testing, translation, app reviews and documentation was had by all on June 26. Check out the [http://mzl.la/MPDayJune14 full run-down]. | |||
* ''Service Workers are coming!'' [http://mzl.la/ServiceWorkers Service Workers] are, at their simplest, scripts that act as client-side proxies for web pages. As such, they open up several possibilities for the Web that were previously only available on native platforms. Read more on [Hacks http://mzl.la/ServiceWorkers]! | |||
'' | * ''DevTools team launches WebIDE June 23.'' [http://mzl.la/WebIDE WebIDE] allows you not only to debug apps inside Firefox, but also create new ones from scratch based on the [http://mzl.la/mortar mortar templates]. Instead of just being a debugging suite you now have a full multi-file editor with autocompletion and a packaging system in the browser. This turns any Firefox users into a potential app creator. More on [http://mzl.la/ArsTechWebIDE Ars Technica]. | ||
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'' | * ''Train the Trainer in Bangalore, India.'' The focus of this event last month was to train volunteers to recruit more volunteers in support of launching FxOS in India. About 30 of the event's 80 attendees participated in the Developer Outreach sessions. Check out the event materials [http://mzl.la/MozCampIndiaTTT here]. | ||
'' | * ''New MDN Goodness.'' | ||
:* Canonical [http://mzl.la/GaiaGuide Developing Gaia] guide. | |||
:* 4 new guides and new demos of the [http://mzl.la/WebAudioAPI Web Audio API | |||
:* A number of new articles about [http://mzl.la/ManipulatingMedia manipulating media]. | |||
:* Details on the [http://mzl.la/MediaRecorderAPI Media Recorder API]. | |||
:* Newly-updated [http://mzl.la/AddOnSDK Add-On SDK content scripts] with [http://mzl.la/AddOnSDKGit sample code on GitHub]. | |||
'' | * ''Flame Developer Phones.'' Last month we launched the Flame reference phone intended to support Firefox OS developers worldwide. The phone is available on [ retail] and the team also launched a targeted feedback program called Foxtrot. Details on the phone (including how to get one) are on the new [http://mzl.la/FlameWiki Flame wiki page]. | ||
'' | * ''Why web literacy?'' While you may be familiar with Mozilla's [http://mzl.la/Manifesto Manifesto], sometimes it's good to take a step back and ask why it matters. Check out this great [http://mzl.la/WebLiteracy white paper] looking at why Mozilla cares about web literacy. | ||
While you may be familiar with Mozilla's [http://mzl.la/Manifesto Manifesto], sometimes it's good to take a step back and ask why it matters. Check out this great [http://mzl.la/WebLiteracy white paper] looking at why Mozilla cares about web literacy. | |||
'''App & web developer Perspectives''' | '''App & web developer Perspectives''' | ||