MDN/Doc Sprints/2010Q4

Doc Sprint Planning

Open Web Doc Sprint

Goal: Create tutorials for web developers on using open web standards.

Dates: 9-11 October, 2010

Location: Mozilla office (Sat & Sun), Paris France; La Cantine (Mon)

Potential Topics

• HTML5 (incl. video)
• CSS3
• JavaScript (esp. multithreading)
• SVG
• WebSockets
• MathML

Some of Paul Rouget's demos could be used as a basis for a tutorial. That is, describe each of the parts that go into the demo, and how they fit together. Here are links to some of the demos:

• CSS transitions & transforms
• CSS3 and HTML5 video w/SVG filter
• Video with SVG clip path and CSS transitions
• Images, video, canvas, with CSS transforms
• Hardware acceleration stress test
• Audio Data API
• Digital darkroom in JavaScript
• Real-time 2D FFT in JavaScript
• Foxkeh's SVG wallpaper creator
• See also this list of old demos

Here are some examples of tutorials to use as inspiration:

• Canvas tutorial on MDN
• Tutorial on HTML5 and CSS3, focusing on document sectioning
• Read HTML5 Audio Data with Firefox 4

Participant Profile

• Familiar with at least one of the target topics.
• Able to read code and then describe it in words.
• Lives in Europe.
• Moderately fluent in English.
• Preferably already active in the Mozilla community. However, topic expertise trumps this.

Schedule

8-Oct

Everybody arrives; dinner together.

9-Oct

Discuss agenda and plan; assign tasks; start working.

10-Oct

More work on tutorials; dinner and bowling.

11-Oct

Finish tutorials; assess and clean up. Mozilla Community dinner.

12-Oct

Depart for home.