/Welcome to the 3rd edition of DevPulse
<https://wiki.mozilla.org/Engagement/Developer_Engagement/DevPulse>: a
monthly glance at stuff happening among and for developers, sourced by
many. Our goal is to create transparency around the various efforts at
Mozilla to support mobile, web & app developers and facilitate greater
collaboration./
//
Developer world news
* *Web devs and data*. When the Electronic Frontier Foundation
<http://mzl.la/EFF> asked <http://mzl.la/1hOS8Yt> web devs to build
a tool to populate an open data format to help citizens contact
members of Congress, they stepped up, big time. Another cool story
via Janet Swisher <http://mzl.la/1iy8AQh>.
Recent & upcoming projects & event highlights
* *Teaching the Web: "AppDay in a Box."* Do you want to produce a full
or half day event on building a great Firefox OS
<http://mzl.la/FxOS> app? You don't need to start from scratch:
check out "App Days In a Box" <http://mzl.la/AppDaysInABox> to get
guidelines, resources and materials.
* *Learning the Web: MDN Learning Area*. Mozilla's MDN
<http://mzl.la/1gt2in4> & Webmaker <http://mzl.la/webmaker> teams
are meeting in London May 28 & 29 to plan and develop the new MDN
Learning Area. Check out the agenda <http://mzl.la/1gJDn9g> and read
about the Learning Area <http://mzl.la/MDNLearningArea>. And if you
have a background in teaching web development, are in Europe (so you
won't need a visa given the date), and want to help shape this
initiative, let Ali Spivak <http://mzl.la/ali> know.
* *Learning the Web: Firefox OS App Workshop in Prague on June 28*.
This is a full-day coding workshop for experienced HTML5 app
developers in the Czech Republic. Developers must apply to attend,
and share published/working app code in order to qualify. Check out
the details on Hacks <http://mzl.la/FxOSPrague> -- and a big thanks
to the Czech FxOS launch team and the Mozilla Czech community for
their support.
App & web developer Perspectives
* *Launching direct feedback channels.* This month we launched a
channel <http://mzl.la/UserVoice> for developers to offer
constructive feedback and ideas on specific topics. This lets us be
transparent about what we do, and also gives developers the
opportunity to influence and inspire our priorities. In the first
week, we received:
o 99 new ideas
o 1382 votes
o 4080 unique users
+ Learn more <http://mzl.la/1gsUJwG> about what people are
telling us and how we are responding.
+ Jump in with your own feedback by joining us directly in the
channel <http://mzl.la/UserVoiceFxTools>.
* *User research.* To better understand the App Developer Experience,
the Insights team talked to 12 developers from the San Francisco Bay
Area and Warsaw, Poland about their development processes throughout
the app development lifecycle. Read the report
<http://mzl.la/devjourney> to glean insights on the highs and lows
of the development process, and how Mozilla can support developers
at each stage. Mozilla teams are now exploring how to translate
these insights into real offerings for developers. All are welcome
to reach out to Cori Schauer <http://mzl.la/cori> with any comments
or questions.
* *Web components*. These are a super hot topic right now, and they
are powerful. So much they could pose a temptation to repeat
mistakes from the past. Chris Heilmann <http://mzl.la/ChrisH>
explains <http://mzl.la/webcomponents>.
* *What's(an)App?* Chris <http://mzl.la/ChrisH> also gave a closing
keynote <http://mzl.la/SOBkeynote> at State of the Browser
<http://mzl.la/SOB> last month in London, UK. In it, Chris reminds
us what an app is and what it should do, and how emerging web
technologies very much will make that possible in the open.
Geekery Highlights
We have a lot of data lovers serving app devs, and data often leads to
insights. This month our highlights come in the form of an ask.
Specifically:
* *Event geekery.* Mozillians go to lots of developer events around
the world. We speak, attend, sit at booths, train and sponsor. If
you have been to an event lately be sure to fill out this survey
<http://bit.ly/1g9qHrO>, which we need for insights into all the
amazing activity across the globe.
Working together.
* *Become an MDN Topic Driver or Localization Lead.* Topic Drivers
<http://mzl.la/MDNTopicDriver> coordinate and promote content
creation for a particular topic, and Localization Leads guide the
localization of content on MDN for a particular language or topic.
Once a lead establishes themselves and demonstrates staying power,
additional privileges on MDN follow. If you are interested, contact
teoli <http://mzl.la/teoli> (localization), sheppy
<http://mzl.la/sheppy> (topic leads), or Ali <http://mzl.la/ali>.
o /MDN localization highlight: the Italian localization team
translated the entire UI of MDN <http://mzl.la/basta> - a
distinguished achievement, as this consists of roughly 10,000
strings and is understandably a huge amount of work. Big kudos
to Sara_t <http://mzl.la/S1ixMD>, gialloporpora
<http://mzl.la/1jRXEOP> and all the other contributors who
assisted./
* *Localize web apps.* We want to make localizing apps dead simple for
people. After evaluating previous approaches, we now have:
o A new simple code repo to just clone and get started
o A screencast to show the process (basically, how your app can go
from one language to localized in a matter of minutes).
o Updated docs on MDN
o A pilot with the Transifex service, where people can get
connected and get help to get their apps translated.
+ Details at the Hacks post <http://mzl.la/1jjYZyJ>.
* *Recruit Czech app developers to the June 28 Prague FxOS Workshop
<http://mzl.la/RIowGg>.*
o Modify or RT this Tweet <http://mzl.la/RWBekE>.
* *And, as always....*
o *Send <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/events> us ideas* for
our upcoming events.
o *Chat with us.* We have an open meeting in the #devrel IRC each
Tuesday at 9am PST <http://mzl.la/1gJTKCD>. Agendas and minutes
on this wiki
<https://wiki.mozilla.org/Engagement/Developer_Engagement/Meetings>
and if you can't make it, we often hang out there at other hours
as well.
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--
*Diane (Bisgeier) Tate*
Program Manager, Mozilla Developer Engagement
<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/>
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> -- @tbiz
<http://twitter.com/tbiz> -- US Mobile: +1-415-250-1724
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