MDN/MDN 2014 Archives

MDN is the Mozilla Developer Network, primarily at the site https://developer.mozilla.org/ (sometimes known as "devmo", formerly known as MDC for Mozilla Developer Center).

Current Projects

• Project "Kuma" - MDN 1.x/2.x (2011)
  • Kuma/MDN Roadmap & Milestones provides an overview of our release schedule.
    • Archive for older MDN 0.9.x (Danger Mouse) releases
  • Craig's mockups will give you a look at the design work we're doing.

• Mozilla Hacks Blog
  • See what's coming up on our content calendar.
• about:hacks Newsletter
  • You can subscribe and check out the archives
• Documentation Sprints
  • We get together, in person or online, for focused effort of writing documentation for MDN.
• New documentation hierarchy
  • We're working on a new organizational hierarchy for documentation content. Please take a look and offer your suggestions.

Test-Automation Approach

• https://wiki.mozilla.org/MDN/WebQA/Automation

Past / Completed Projects

Past/Completed Projects

Roadmap & Brainstorming

• Milestones: Goals, features, and dates of MDN releases.
• MDN Roadmap Brainstorm (really old and outdated, but good to keep around for inspiration and ideas)
• Web QA Schedule to help plan milestones.
• AMO Roadmap for reference.
• Metrics
  • What do we want to know?

About Mozilla Developer Network (MDN)

The Mozilla Developer Network is a resource that brings together various developer communities within the Mozilla universe and provides a platform for developers to learn, share, and collaborate.

• GOALS
  • Improve discover-ability of resources for our Web, Add-ons, Mobile, Firefox/Mozilla and Labs developer communities.
  • Create a home for developer marketing and evangelism efforts for Mozilla as a company and community.
  • Engage with developer communities more frequently to raise awareness of Mozilla programs and increase participation.
  • Re-establish Mozilla as leader in "open Web" innovation through higher visibility for our developer communities.

• AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT
  • Website and wiki platform selection, customization, and maintenance (learn from our issues with MindTouch Deki)
  • Better communication and collaboration with product teams (Firefox, Add-ons, Labs, etc) for a more integrated developer marketing program
  • Surfacing important developer issues and addressing their needs through direct and frequent feedback (surveys, User Voice integration, etc)
  • Showcasing our leadership in Web innovation and standards support (woff, open video, etc) to stay ahead of the competition
  • Better use of metrics to track engagement and more research to understand our developer segments in order to provide useful insights to drive our decisions.
  • Rebuild our developer ground game by bringing back community events like Developer Days and trying new experiments like the Mozilla User Groups (MUGs) program or Hacks Nights.

Developer Communities

• Web
• Mobile
• Add-ons
• Applications
• Labs

Developer Properties and Channels

• Mozilla Developer Center (MDC): http://developer.mozilla.org
• Hacks blog: http://hacks.mozilla.org
• Hacks newsletter about:hacks
• Hacks Twitter account @mozhacks
• Hacks Youtube channel mozhacks
• Mozilla Labs: http://mozillalabs.com/
• Add-ons Developer Hub: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers
• Firefox for Mobile: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/
• Newsgroups: mozilla.dev.web-development
• Dev-news
• Web-tech blog

Resources & Contact Info

• Brainstorm Notes
• Inspiration & Examples
• Notes from MDN Session at Summit 2010
• Development Process
• Status Meetings
• MDN L10n
• Technical Details (requires Mozilla auth)
• Contacts
• FAQ (coming soon)

MDN Site Community

The MDN Site Community consists of people interested in maintaining and improving the content of the MDN Site.

• IRC: #devmo on irc.mozilla.org
• Mailing list: dev-mdc at lists.mozilla.org, https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-mdc
• (inactive) MDN Community Forum
• Community meetings occur every two weeks on Wednesdays, 10:00 US Pacific time (UTC-0800 in winter, UTC-0700 in summer), in the #devmo IRC channel. See Agenda & minutes.