Found 83 results for “"dev derby"”
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The Mozilla Developer Network has a New Face
Last summer the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) underwent a massive platform change, moving from a hosted third-party solution to our own custom Django application code-named Kuma. That move laid the ground work for our latest major MDN upgrade: a complete front-end redesign, included many new features as well as usability and accessibility enhancements. Let me […]
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Announcing the winners of the July 2013 Dev Derby!
This past summer, some of the most passionate and creative web developers out there innovated with the File API in our July Dev Derby contest. After sorting through the entries, an all-star cast of former judges–Peter Lubbers, Eric Shepherd, and David Walsh–decided on three winners and two runners-up. Not a contestant? There are other reasons […]
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An AR Game: Technical Overview
An AR Game is the winning entry for the May 2013 Dev Derby. It is an augmented reality game, the objective being to transport rolling play pieces from a 2D physics world into a 3D space. The game is playable on GitHub, and demonstrated on YouTube. The objective of this article is to describe the underlying […]
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Firefox 24 for Android gets WebRTC support by default
WebRTC is now on Firefox for Android as well as Firefox Desktop! Firefox 24 for Android now supports mozGetUserMedia, mozRTCPeerConnection, and DataChannels by default. mozGetUserMedia has been in desktop releases since Firefox 20, and mozPeerConnection and DataChannels since Firefox 22, and we’re excited that Android is now joining Desktop releases in supporting these cool new […]
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Announcing the winners of the June 2013 Dev Derby!
This June, some of the most creative web developers out there pushed the limits of WebGL in our June Dev Derby contest. After sorting through the entries, our expert judges–James Padolsey and Maire Reavy–decided on three winners and three runners-up. Not a contestant? There are other reasons to be excited. Most importantly, all of these […]
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Interview with Micah Elizabeth Scott, winner of the Web Workers Dev Derby
Micah Elizabeth Scott won the Web Workers Dev Derby with Zen photon garden, her impressive (and fun) interactive web raytracer. Recently, I had the chance to learn more about Micah: her work, her ambitions, and her thoughts on the future of web development. The interview How did you become interested in web development? I’ve been […]
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Interview with Giovanny Granada, winner of the Geolocation Dev Derby
Giovanny Granada won the most recent Geolocation Dev Derby with GoGeoTweet, his wonderful web-based visualization of Twitter activity happening nearby. Recently, I had the chance to learn more about Giovanny: his work, his ambitions, and his thoughts on the future of web development. The interview How did you become interested in web development? I became […]
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Interview with Sebastian Dorn, winner of the Drag and Drop Dev Derby
Sebastian Dorn won the Drag and Drop Dev Derby with Pete’s Adventure, his wonderful web-based interactive story. Recently, I had the chance to learn more about Seba: his work, his ambitions, and his thoughts on the future of web development. The interview How did you become interested in web development? I think it was around […]
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Announcing the winners of the May 2013 Dev Derby
This May, some of the most creative web developers out there pushed the limits of getUserMedia in our May Dev Derby contest. After sorting through the entries, our four expert judges–James Padolsey, Janet Swisher, Maire Reavy, and Randell Jesup–decided on three winners and two runners-up. Not a contestant? There are other reasons to be excited. […]
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Interview with Parashuram Narasimhan, winner of the Offline Dev Derby
Parashuram Narasimhan won the Offline Dev Derby with The conference, his web utility for beating unreliable conference connectivity. Recently, I had the chance to learn more about Parashuram: his work, his ambitions, and his thoughts on the future of web development. The interview How did you become interested in web development? Like most computer science […]
