A talk on Feb 26th 2013 about Firefox OS basics

1. Introduction

2. Ran Ben Aharon
Front End lead at

3. Once upon a time..

4. The big idea
The web as a mobile platform.
Open and powerful.

5. First wave

6. Availability
Brazil, Colombia, Hungary,
Mexico, Montenegro, Poland,
Serbia, Spain and Venezuela

7. Operators
América Móvil, China Unicom, Deutsche
Telekom, Etisalat, Hutchison Three Group,
KDDI, KT, MegaFon, Qtel, SingTel, Smart,
Sprint, Telecom Italia Group, Telefónica,
Telenor, TMN and VimpelCom

8. Manufacturers
Alcatel (TCL), LG and ZTE

9. Architecture

11. Creating apps

12. Development Guidelines
• Building Blocks http://buildingfirefoxos.com
• Web APIs https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI
• Permission-based APIs

13. Submission and Distribution
• Packaged vs Hosted
https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/docs/quick_start
• Firefox Marketplace
https://marketplace.firefox.com/

14. Tools and Testing
• Simulator
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-os-simulator/
• Emulator
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/
Using_the_B2G_emulators
• Console logging
• Remote debugging
• Device

16. Developer previews
• Keon 99$
• Peak 149$

17. Ran Ben Aharon
Front End lead at
twitter.com/ranbena
ranbena.com
ran@everything.me