Apps
(this page previously contained information about Firefox OS Apps)
Web App Developer Initiative
In 2015, Mozilla is launching a new initiative focused on the combination of several API's -- service workers, web push, and the W3C app app manifest. We believe the combination of these technologies is a platform with which we can offer developers some capabilities unmatched by native app ecosystems.
Reading List
- Paul Kinlin, "Living with Web Apps"
- In this post, Paul gives an hour-by-hour journal of a day using only web content on his smartphone. Along the way he offers a list of "ten deadly sins of a mobile web app" along with other reflections on his experience.
- Alex Russell, "Progressive Apps: Escaping Tabs without Losing our Soul"
- Alex lays out his best practices for modern web development based around responsive design and single-page apps, and moves on to how the addition of offlining and "save to home screen" capabilities enrich the mobile web.