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** Brick -- UI components for apps
** Brick -- UI components for apps
** mortar -- templates for building apps
** mortar -- templates for building apps
*** cf. [https://docs.google.com/a/mozilla.com/document/d/1iLVOH7tm0Mxs03oWFoW9dP3ezlCDFU1XNouJTWAgPtg/edit App components PRD]


* Platform intergration (Piotr, James, jweathersby)
* Platform intergration (Piotr, Rodrigo, jweathersby)
** [[CordovaFirefoxOS|PhoneGap / Apache Cordova integration]] -- cross-platform apps development framework
** [[CordovaFirefoxOS|PhoneGap / Apache Cordova integration]] -- cross-platform apps development framework
** Kitchen Sink app -- test tool for cross-platform API support
** Kitchen Sink app -- test tool for cross-platform API support
** Speakeasy -- given a "native" app package, determine if it is a wrapped HTML5 app or a "native" app.


* Showcase Apps (Sole, Jen, tofumatt, et al)
* Showcase Apps (Sole, Jen, tofumatt, et al)
** RTCamera -- a WebRTC / WebGL camera app that generates animated gifs
** around -- a cross-platform Foursquare client
** around -- a cross-platform Foursquare client
** Podcasts -- a podcast client for Firefox OS
** Podcasts -- a podcast client for Firefox OS
** Webfighter -- a canvas-based game (and in-app payments demo)
** [https://ecosystem.etherpad.mozilla.org/20 chatspaces] -- a mobile chat app with WebRTC, push notifications, and accounts integration


* Cross-functional projects (rory, tofumatt)
* Cross-functional projects (rory, tofumatt)
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** [https://docs.google.com/a/mozilla.com/document/d/1jB263y_LFb40ZDTbj2UlTsNXrNzeMhXIImYUw-aQlnY/edit Offline Initiative] -- an initiative to improve the state of offline capability in apps
** [https://docs.google.com/a/mozilla.com/document/d/1jB263y_LFb40ZDTbj2UlTsNXrNzeMhXIImYUw-aQlnY/edit Offline Initiative] -- an initiative to improve the state of offline capability in apps
** localForage -- a convenience library for async data storage across platforms, with localStorage fallback
** localForage -- a convenience library for async data storage across platforms, with localStorage fallback
** Nunjucks (jlongster) -- JS template engine


== Quarterly Goals ==
== Quarterly Goals ==

Revision as of 20:00, 14 May 2014

This is a project overview for the Apps Engineering team.

Current Projects

  • Web Components and Templates (Arron, Potch, Sole)
    • X-tags -- web component polyfill and component framework
    • Brick -- UI components for apps
    • mortar -- templates for building apps
  • Platform intergration (Piotr, Rodrigo, jweathersby)
  • Showcase Apps (Sole, Jen, tofumatt, et al)
    • around -- a cross-platform Foursquare client
    • Podcasts -- a podcast client for Firefox OS
  • Cross-functional projects (rory, tofumatt)
    • [Developer Recommendations https://ecosystem.etherpad.mozilla.org/devrecs] -- Strong recommendations for web developers to make better apps
    • Offline Initiative -- an initiative to improve the state of offline capability in apps
    • localForage -- a convenience library for async data storage across platforms, with localStorage fallback

Quarterly Goals

(Overarching Marketplace/Apps group goals are maintained by Rick Fant et al. The following goals align with those global initiatives, but are much more detailed and specific to the Apps Engineering group.)

Previous Quarters/Projects

Tentative projects/ideas

Reach out to the Apps Engineering team in person or on IRC to discuss!