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If you want to help us | If you want to help us find issues on the latest Fennec releases, join the [http://quality.mozilla.org/teams/browser-technologies/ Mobile QA team] and participate in the breadth of areas that are offered. We're always looking for assorted Android Device coverage and a breadth of website compatibility testing. | ||
Start by filing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fennec Fennec Issues] or converse directly with us on IRC (irc.mozilla.org, #mobile) about the bugs you find. | |||
Or watch the [http://quality.mozilla.org/events/ Events calendar] for upcoming Mobile Testdays on focused topics! Testdays are an interactive opportunity to participate in real time with other community testers on testing and debugging. | |||
Finally, subscribe to our bi-monthly newsletter on the latest and greatest in [http://quality.mozilla.org/qmo-news/2011/10/04/mobile-newsletter-2-week-of-oct-3-2011/ Fennec features]! | |||
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Revision as of 20:08, 7 October 2011
Get Involved
This is page is under construction, do not share it just yet!
This page is the place to learn how to start contributing to Firefox Mobile, also known as Fennec. We hope this page will help you become an active member of our community. If you're looking for other ways to contribute to Mozilla, have a look at Mozilla's global page for new contributors.
Contributing
Firefox Mobile is developed by the Mozilla community. We're currently focused on making Firefox rock on Android phones and tablets. We're always looking for new contributors to join us!
If you still feel that you don't know where to start after reading this page, feel free to ping us on IRC, we can probably give you some ideas. We're always looking for ways to improve this page to make it easier to start contributing to Firefox Mobile. Suggestions and general feedback are more than welcome.
Hacking
Setting up a development environment for Firefox Mobile is relatively easy. Just follow our build instructions and you'll be ready to start hacking after a couple of hours—mostly waiting for everything to compile.
If you're interested in hacking on the UI bits of Firefox Mobile, the front-end team has prepared a list of bugs that are good for first-time contributors. Each bug report in this list has an assigned mentor (see "Whiteboard" field). The mentor will help you get the necessary information to understand the issue, point out relevant parts of the code to look at, etc.
If you are already familiar with Mozilla development and want to help work on mobile bugs, see the list of "help wanted" bugs.
Before starting to work on bug, it's a good idea to add a comment to the bug report letting the mentor know that you want to work on it. Ideally, the bug report should already have relevant source code links to help get started. If you're unsure whether to take a certain bug or not, you can always contact us for clarification.
Useful links:
Testing
If you want to help us find issues on the latest Fennec releases, join the Mobile QA team and participate in the breadth of areas that are offered. We're always looking for assorted Android Device coverage and a breadth of website compatibility testing.
Start by filing Fennec Issues or converse directly with us on IRC (irc.mozilla.org, #mobile) about the bugs you find.
Or watch the Events calendar for upcoming Mobile Testdays on focused topics! Testdays are an interactive opportunity to participate in real time with other community testers on testing and debugging.
Finally, subscribe to our bi-monthly newsletter on the latest and greatest in Fennec features!
Useful links:
Communication
The simplest way to keep in touch with the Mobile team on a daily basis is to hang out on the #mobile channel at irc://irc.mozilla.org/mobile. We're always there, in different timezones. If you want to talk to people from specific areas or have any questions, here are a few people you can ping:
- Front-end: bnicholson, lucasr, mfinkle, mbrubeck, sriram, vingtetun, wesj
- Platform: blassey, Cwiiis, dougt, gcp, snorp, jdm
- QA: AaronMT, kbrosnan, jhammink, mw22, nhirata, tchung
- Design: briandils, ibarlow, madhava
- Marketing: jaclynf
- Support: michelleluna