XUL:Developer Conferences

The XUL Developer Sessions are informal sessions for developers using the new XULRunner and extension technologies.

Audience

serious authors of XUL applications and extensions, both corporate and individual

Target session size

30 people

Sessions

US East Coast, US West Coast, Europe?

Fee (very tentative)

$125

Goals

• Demonstrate and explain XULRunner in depth to application/extension authors.
• gather functional requirements for the XULRunner and Developer Kit to aid in development
• Facilitate peer demonstrations of working applications and work-in-progress

Outline

The following is a very-draft outline of pieces of a session:

Presentations

• XULRunnner Demonstration and overview (Benjamin/Darin/Pike)
• XUL Developer Kit overview (Benjamin/...?)
• Mozilla Documentation Project overview (Deb, hopefully)

Showcase

Participants present finished or under-development projects.

Open Forum

Open discussion of the future of XUL technologies. Ad-hoc breakout sessions to discuss issues of importance to attendees.

Administrativa

Catered breakfast/lunch for a fast-paced meeting. Participants arrange to go to dinner out in large or small groups? Evening reception to finish off the event.

Perhaps the sessions can be piggy-backed on a day before or after a conference. Possibilities: X-tech, OSCON, LWE...?

Conference pack with t-shirts, hats, etc?

Looking for a marketing/event coordinator to handle logistics.

Prerequisites

We need a fairly stable preview release of XULRunner, with a major app or two. This is probably the 1.8 final release with chatzilla. So mid-June is the earliest this makes sense.

Scholarships

Scholarships will be available to assist with airfare/hotel for qualified participants. Participants with scholarships will present applicatiosn as part of the showcase during the day.