MDN Articles
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MDN sprint for better web tech resources — join in!
MDN is one of our most important resources, and the core of knowledge and sharing for developers around the world. Additionally, it’s one of the vital cornerstones for all information we share at Mozilla Hacks, so in whatever way you can take part, it is highly appreciated. – Editor’s note Over on the Mozilla Developer […]
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Short sweet doc sprint for March
This past weekend, a small band of hardy MDN contributors pitched in for the first of a monthly series of doc sprints. This sprint was organized on fairly short notice, yet a significant amount of work was accomplished. Web standards docs Jérémie Patonnier created a bunch of API reference pages for MozMobileConnection, and SVG attributes […]
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Learn and share about new topics every month on MDN
Did you have “expand my technical knowledge” as one of your New Year’s resolutions a few months ago? How’s that going? How about setting aside a day, or just a few hours, once a month, to teach yourself about a topic related to Web development, and share what you’ve learned with others? Wouldn’t it be […]
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How MDN and Web Platform Docs Align
We have been asked a number of questions since the launch of Web Platforms Docs (WPD) about how it aligns with the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN). Questions such as how content will be shared between the two, how changes will be tracked, who will do the work to port content, and which site people should […]
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Ten Things Developers should know about the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN)
Editor’s Note: This blog post is way out of date. The Mozilla Developer Network has grown a lot and changed its name to MDN Web Docs. In 2017, more than 8,000 developers contributed to 80,000 pages of content on the Mozilla Developer Network. Mozilla also teamed with Microsoft, Google, and other industry leaders to greatly […]
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Results of the Fall 2012 MDN virtual doc sprint
Over the weekend of November 30 to December 2, a hardy band of MDN contributors came together virtually (via IRC and etherpad) to work on improving documentation on MDN for Web standards and for Mozilla’s open technology and the project itself. Below are the highlights of the weekend’s activities. Web standards docs Saurabh Anand added […]
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MDN virtual doc sprint, Nov. 30 to Dec. 1
It has been most of a year since we’ve held a virtual doc sprint for Mozilla Developer Network. (The last one was in January 2012.) A lot has happened in that time, most significantly, the switch to the new Kuma platform, and the steady addition of features to Kuma since its launch. So, let’s round […]
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Welcoming the new kid: Web Platform Docs
Documenting the open Web and Web standards is a big job! As Mozillians, we’re well aware of this — documenting the open Web has been the mission of the Mozilla Developer Network for many years. Anything we can do to further the cause of a free and open Web is a worthwhile endeavor. With so […]
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Cheerio! to another MDN doc sprint
This past weekend, a group of MDN contributors finished another fun and productive documentation sprint, while enjoying the environment of Mozilla’s London office. Here’s a sampling of what we accomplished: Onur Avsar added the last remaining HTML elements that were undocumented (noframes, isindex, spacer, ruby, rt, and rp). The HTML element reference on MDN now […]
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5 ways you can contribute to MDN
The new Mozilla Developer Network platform, code-named Kuma, debuted earlier this month. Kuma introduced numerous improvements to the documentation site, including: much improved front and back end performance no reliance on third-party services vendors improved editing and translating interfaces enhanced macro creation language called KumaScript ability to more quickly push code to production ..and more! […]
