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Progressive Web Games
Web game developer Andrzej Mazur explores the concept of Progressive Web Games. He describes howe to use PWA features built with Web APIs for modern game development. He introduces the Enclave Phaser Template (EPT) — a free, open sourced mobile boilerplate for HTML5 games that provides many shortcuts for getting started.
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CDN, BCD, and SVG: MDN Changelog for April 2018
The MDN engineering team reports on work accomplished in April and what's ahead in May. Some highlights: MDN Web Docs site moved to a CDN, improving page load time by 16%. The migration of browser compatibility data (the BCD project) continues apace, and is now 72% done. The team began the work of replacing font-based icons with inline SVG; the work to improve accessibility and localization with SVG icons continues. In April, 510 pull requests were merged, including 140 pull requests from 57 new contributors.
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Progressive Web Apps core guides on MDN Web Docs
Introducing the newly released Core PWA Guides on the MDN Web Docs site. Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are a new way of building websites, but are they really all that new? Key PWA strategies and associated features include progressive enhancement, responsive design, and mobile-first thinking.
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MDN Changelog for March 2018
Publishing a changelog is a tradition in open source, and a long-time practice on the web. In this changelog, MDN engineers report on what happened in March to the code, data, and tools that support MDN Web Docs, and look ahead to what's on plan for this month. Learn more about the work of the MDN engineering team and their impact, and discover opportunities to participate in building and supporting MDN Web Docs and the open web platform.
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Add Progressive Web Apps to your Home screen in Firefox for Android
Nowadays, practically all websites are built with responsive web design principles at their core: truly a dramatic improvement over yesteryear’s desktop-focused web. Over the last two years, a similar and complementary evolution has been happening: Progressive Web Apps (PWA), an umbrella term for a new set of standardized browser technologies that combine the low-friction nature of the web with the reliability and capabilities we typically associate with native apps, are gaining ground on mobile and desktop.
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How we rebuilt the viewsourceconf.org website
There are a lot of interesting challenges when working with legacy code at a large scale, but rebuilding from scratch usually isn’t an option. Recently we had the chance to start fresh and rebuild Mozilla's View Source website for the upcoming conference in London. Here are a few highlights of the architectural decisions we made to make the site faster, more secure, and more reliable.
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Firefox 55: first desktop browser to support WebVR
Firefox on Windows is the first desktop browser to support the new WebVR standard (and macOS support is ready now in Nightly!) You'll find many new features for developers, as well as underlying platform changes that make Firefox and the Web faster and more secure.
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An inside look at Quantum DOM Scheduling
Scheduling is a significant piece of Project Quantum, which focuses on making Firefox more responsive, especially when lots of tabs are open. In this article, we describe problems we identified in multi-tab browsing, the solutions we figured out, the current status of Quantum DOM, and opportunities for contribution to the project.
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Debugging Web Push in Mozilla Firefox
Web Push has a large number of "moving parts", systems and components that need to work together in order for your message to be successfully sent and received. One of the challenges with implementation issues is trying to figure out what went wrong. In this article, we offer suggestions and insight into best using and debugging the service.
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Announcing the Developer Roadshow Series
We’re bringing Mozilla’s Developer Roadshow to a city near you! Join us for a meetup-style, Mozilla-focused event series for people who build the Web. Hear from expert speakers highlighting the latest and best in Mozilla and Firefox technologies. See you on the road!