SummerOfCode/2012/LinuxNativeWebApps

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Native Webapps Support on Linux

The Native Webapps feature in Firefox permits a webapp to be installed in the OS and launched as a separate process in a standalone window and environment. Currently this support exists for Windows and OSX, and the goal of this project is to bring the same support for Linux desktop, specifically for Gnome. The work consists in two pieces: support for the standalone runtime that runs the webapps, and support for the installation process that installs them to the OS.

Activities during the "Community Bonding" period

  • Study the code of the implementations for Windows and Mac.
  • Watch webapps related bugs and their fixes (mainly tracked in bug 731054).
  • Improve my knowledge of the Mozilla codebase.
  • Study the Mochitest testing framework, that could be useful to write automated tests (see bug bug 733631).
  • Decide the approach for webapps installation/removal (https://etherpad.mozilla.org/tzkVRnfvm1)

Weekly status reports

I'll write here weekly reports about my work, starting from May 21.

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