Excellent thread! Yes to more Dev Tools!!! Feel free to add a dev tooling section to the e-mail templates we use for "Intent to Implement" and "Intent to Ship" linked here:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Intent_to_implement We've started implementing the Web Animations API [1] with very early collaboration with the Dev Tools team and have seen very promising results. Is that a model we can continue to follow or modify to suit? --Jet [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=998245 On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:07 PM, J. Ryan Stinnett <[email protected]> wrote: > DevTools would like to get involved earlier in the implementation > process for new platform features. > > In particular, we'd like to head towards a world where: > > 1. Platform features are architected in such a way from the start that > adding debugging / instrumentation is (relatively) easy > 2. DevTools for a feature are discussed early on in a bug that > interested parties can follow while the platform feature is being > implemented > > By working with the platform team as features are developed (instead > of afterwards), we can discuss any debugging and instrumentation APIs > our tools may need, give feedback as we start to build tools, etc. > We're hoping this will help us to release tools closer to the time > frame that the platform features are available. Tools for new > features should increase adoption of those features, as they make it > easier for web developers to explore and understand them. > > The DevTools team has recently discussed[1] this, and we thought > becoming more integrated in the platform "Intent to Implement" process > would be a good thing to do. Specifically, we'd like to have a > "DevTools" line in the "intent to implement" template[2] which would > link to a bug on building tools for the feature for further > discussion. > > Thoughts? (Replies to dev-platform.) > > [1]: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.developer-tools/fZOxb3t0Npk/discussion > [2]: > https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/ExposureGuidelines#Intent_to_Implement > > - Ryan > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
