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• Lessons learnt building ViziCities

  Just over 2 weeks ago Peter Smart and Robin Hawkes released the first version of ViziCities to the world. It’s free to use and open-sourced under an MIT license. In this post I will talk to you about the lessons learnt during the development of ViziCities. From application architecture to ...

  Posted March 5, 2014 by Robin Hawkes

• Custom Elements for Custom Applications – Web Components with Mozilla’s Brick and X-Tag

  In this article, we will explore the use of Mozilla’s Brick and X-Tag libraries. First we’ll use Brick to rapidly prototype a simple application. Then, we’ll build a custom web component using X-Tag. The Technology Brick: Curated Web Components Brick is a set of modular, reusable UI components. The components ...

  Posted March 4, 2014 by Angelina Fabbro

• The Making of the Time Out Firefox OS app

  A rash start into adventure So we told our client that yes, of course, we would do their Firefox OS app. We didn’t know much about FFOS at the time. But, hey, we had just completed refactoring their native iOS and Android apps. Web applications were our core business all ...

  Posted February 26, 2014 by Andreas Oesterhelt

• Applications Open for Expanded Tablet Contribution Program

  Last month, Mozilla announced the Tablet Contribution Program to help deliver Firefox OS to the tablet form factor. Today, we are excited to open the Application for Hardware Support to Mozillians all over the world who will sign up to contribute to Firefox OS coding, testing, localizing, and product planning. ...

  Posted February 23, 2014 by Asa Dotzler

• Wanted: Awesome HTML5 app ports for Firefox OS & the Open Web

  A bit of background In 2013, Mozilla and our partners launched Firefox OS in fourteen markets. We released three Firefox OS smartphone models and a Geeksphone developer preview device. Our Developer Relations team hosted eight invite-only workshops for app developers around the world: Mountain View, London, Madrid, Bogota, Warsaw, Porto ...

  Posted February 21, 2014 by Havi Hoffman