MDN Articles
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Learning to code for the Web: The MDN Learning Area welcomes you!
As an aspiring developer or as a teacher looking to extend your knowledge of code, it can be difficult to know where to start with web technologies. In this blog post, we’ll be discussing why we have created the Mozilla Developer Network Learning Area to help solve common learning challenges and get you up and […]
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Helping web developers with JavaScript errors
Errors are one of the more frustrating things you encounter while programming. Those little messages in the console can ruin your entire afternoon, day, or week. When “undefined is not a function” appears yet again, it’s often time to get another coffee. Even if you use the one true JavaScript exception handler, and have a […]
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Basics of building 3D games on the Web
You might think that 3D games are harder to develop than 2D because of the extra dimension you have to take into account, but it’s easier than you think. We’ve recently updated the Games section on MDN with a collection of tutorials covering 3D development, with a focus on frameworks that offer shortcuts for developers […]
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Mozilla ♥ Rails Girls Summer of Code
Mozilla is working hard to support and advocate for diversity in the tech industry. On that note, we are proud to announce our support and sponsorship of the Rails Girls Summer of Code program, 2016 edition! Rails Girls Summer of Code (RGSoC) is a fellowship program conceived to bring more diversity in tech, and open […]
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Announcing the MDN Fellowship Program
For nearly a decade, the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) has been a vital source of technical information for millions of web and mobile developers. And while each month hundreds of developers actively contribute to MDN, we know there are many more with deep expertise in the Web who aren’t participating—yet. Certainly MDN and the Web […]
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New on MDN: Sign in with Github!
MDN now gives users more options for signing in! Signing in to MDN previously required a Mozilla Persona account. Getting a Persona account is free and easy, but MDN analytics showed a steep drop-off at the “Sign in with Persona” interface. For example, almost 90% of signed-out users who clicked “Edit” never signed in, which […]
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Technical Blogger? Mozillian? Here's a plugin for you to tell us about your work!
One great thing about Mozilla is that we want people to have a voice. Our products give people a voice on the web without being spied on. As a Mozillian, you don’t have to go through various levels of red tape before you are allowed to speak out in public. As Mozilla grows, it becomes […]
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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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MDN community news moving to about:community
News about the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) community, such as doc sprints, community meetups, and so on, has a new home on the Mozilla about:community blog, in the Developer Engagement category. This category will also cover other news related to the community involved in developer engagement/relations/outreach/evangelism (whatever you want to call it) for Mozilla. Subscribe […]
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Introducing… our new evangelists
It is with great pride that we can announce three new faces in our midst, three people Mozilla just managed to hire to do Firefox OS developer outreach. Over the next few months you will hear and read a lot from these, that’s why we thought we start by introducing them with some short interviews. […]
