Videoseries Articles
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It's a wrap! "App Basics for FirefoxOS" is out and ready to get you started
A week ago we announced a series of video tutorials around creating HTML5 apps for Firefox OS. Now we released all the videos and you can watch the series in one go. Photo by Olliver Hallmann The series is aimed at web developers who want to build their first HTML5 application. Specifically it is meant […]
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App basics for Firefox OS – a screencast series to get you started
Over the next few days we’ll release a series of screencasts explaining how to start your first Open Web App and develop for Firefox OS. Each of the screencasts is terse enough to watch in a short break and the whole series should not take you more than an hour of your time. The series […]
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Firefox OS Security: Part 2 – User Experience and Security Updates
When presenting Firefox OS to people, security is a big topic. Can an operating system built on web technologies be secure? What has Mozilla built in to avoid drive-by downloads and malware? How can a browser-based app be secure without making the UX suffer by asking the user to react to a lot of “do […]
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Firefox OS Security: Part 1 – The Web Security Model
When presenting Firefox OS to people, security is a big topic. Can an operating system built on web technologies be secure? What has Mozilla built in to avoid drive-by downloads and malware? In this two part video series Christian Heilmann (@codepo8), principal evangelist of Mozilla, talks to Michael Coates (@_mwc), chair of @OWASP Board about […]
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Firefox OS Development: Web Components and Mozilla Brick
In this edition of “Firefox OS: The platform HTML5 deserves” (the previous six videos are published here), Mozilla’s Principal Evangelist Chris Heilmann (@codepo8) grilled Mozilla’s “Senior HTML5 Engineer Angle Bracket Coordinator” Matthew Claypotch (@potch) about the exciting new possibilities of Web Components for Web App developers and how Mozilla’s Brick library, a collection of custom […]
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Web Activities – Firefox OS: the platform HTML5 deserves
In the sixth video of our “Firefox OS – the platform HTML5 deserves” series (the previous five videos are published here) we talk about how Web Activities allow you as a developer to access parts of the hardware without having to package your app. Check out the video featuring Chris Heilmann (@codepo8) from Mozilla and […]
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WebAPIs – Firefox OS for developers: the platform HTML5 deserves
In the fifth video of our “Firefox OS – the platform HTML5 deserves” series (part one, part two, part three and part four have already been published) we talk about how Firefox OS extends the capabilities of the Web by adding new APIs, called WebAPIs to the existing stack of technologies. Check out the video […]
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Firefox Marketplace and alternatives – Firefox OS for developers: the platform HTML5 deserves
In the fourth video of our “Firefox OS – the platform HTML5 deserves” series (part one, part two and part three have already been published) we talk about how to submit apps to the Firefox Marketplace, and explain alternative ways to distribute your apps. Here are Mozilla’s principal developer evangelist Chris Heilmann (@codepo8) and Desigan […]
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Getting started with apps – Firefox OS for developers: the platform HTML5 deserves
In the third instance of our “Firefox OS – the platform HTML5 deserves” video series (part one and part two have already been published here) we talk about tools available for building apps for Firefox OS. Check the short video featuring Chris Heilmann (@codepo8) from Mozilla and Daniel Appelquist (@torgo) from Telefónica Digital/ W3C talking […]
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App discovery – Firefox OS for developers: the platform HTML5 deserves
In the previous edition of this video series we introduced FirefoxOS and what it means for the open web and HTML5. We explained that apps for FirefoxOS are HTML5 apps, and could be as simple as a mobile-optimised web site with a manifest file. Now we’re back explaining how Firefox OS is different from other […]
