I made this presentation to give an introduction and overview on how to get started with contributing to Mozilla and its various projects based on specific skill/interest level. It includes a summary of various contribution areas a Mozillian (contributor to Mozilla) can choose from e.g. Development/coding, Testing (Web QA, Mobile QA), Support (SUMO) and translation (L10N) etc.

1. Various ways to contribute to
Two main areas to contribute to Mozilla projects: Technical & Non-Technical

2. Technical contribution: Development/coding, testing, teaching
Non-technical contribution: User support, help articles writing, translation,
community building, advocacy, designing

3. Technical Contribution
• Mozilla Firefox Development
• Firefox Add-ons Development
• MozillaThunderbird Development
• FirefoxOS App Development
• Testing
• Teaching - #TeachTheWeb

4. Non-technical Contribution
• User Support (SUMO)
• Articles writing and document translation (L10N)
• Community building
• Advocacy
• Designing
• Teaching - #TeachTheWeb

5. Technical Contribution -
Development
• Develop browser (Windows,Android & iOS) and add-ons, fix
bugs and create awesome stuff for users using PHP, Python, C,
C++, JavaScript, Go, Swift, Rust or Perl language
• Develop (or fix bugs in)Thunderbird - Mozilla’s opensource
email client
• Develop (or fix bugs in) Seamonkey - Mozilla’s opensource All-in-
One internet application suite (browser, email, newsgroup, chat
room, HTML editor)
• FirefoxOS Apps development using HTML5, CSS3 and XML
• Many other web development opportunities

6. Technical Contribution – Testing
• One And Done
• Join WebQATeam
• Use Firefox Nightly
• Firefox QA
• Thunderbird QA
• Join Bug Days

7. Technical Contribution – Testing
• Contributing with WebQATeam
(http://quality.mozilla.org/)
• Easiest way to get started toTesting is OneAndDone project (
https://oneanddone.mozilla.org/)

8. Technical Contribution –
OneAndDone
• Contributing to OneAndDone (https://oneanddone.mozilla.org/)

9. Technical Contribution – Test Days & Bug
Days
• Contributing toTest Days & Bug Days (
https://quality.mozilla.org/)

10. Technical Contribution – Teaching
• Hackasaurus
Remix content from web and make some cool new stuff using
Mozilla’s various tools!
• WebMaker
Host Maker party to teach the web to non-technical people

11. Non-technical Contribution – User
Support
• Providing user support on Mozilla User Forums
(https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/get-involved)

12. Non-technical Contribution – User
Support
• Providing user support through AoATeam on social media
(https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/army-of-awesome)

13. Non-technical Contribution – Writing
• Writing help documents and technical guides.
(https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/get-involved/kb)

14. Non-technical Contribution – Translation
(L10N)
• Translating Mozilla products and documents in your language.
(https://l10n.mozilla.org/)

15. MDN – Mozilla Developer Network
MDN is Mozilla’s largest knowledge base of learning resources.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/

16. WhatCanIDoForMozilla.Org
Not sure where to start with Mozilla Contribution? Simply, head on to
http://whatcanidoformozilla.org/ and find out the area best matching your
skill and interest.
http://whatcanidoformozilla.org/

17. Mozillians’ Success Stories
When you start contributing to Mozillia, you set yourself apart from
ordinary crowd and give yourself a new identity as a Mozillian.When your
contribution starts making impact on web and its future, you get big
recognitions and great rewards.
• https://quality.mozilla.org/tag/contributor-spotlight/
• https://mozillians.org/en-US/
• http://blog.mozillaindia.org/
• https://blog.mozilla.org/sumo/
• https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/

19. Thank You!
@moingshaikh @moinshaikh
/MozillaGujarat