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Student App of the Month
Thanks for your interest in submitting an HTML5 app for the 'Student App of the Month' Contest (that has already been submitted to the Firefox Marketplace). At the end of each month, the HTML5 app that receives the most votes by the Student Working Group Leads is eligible to receive the following:
- Mention in the monthly newsletter
- Very Splendid Gift Package
In order to be eligible to receive these rewards and recognition for your app, please first review the rules posted below. Any questions can be sent to firefoxstudents@mozilla.com
Good luck!
Rules
The rules and regulations around who is eligible to participate in the contest can be found here.
An overview of the rules and regulations are featured below:
- You may only submit an app that you, yourself, have created
- All HTML5 apps submitted to the contest must have already been accepted into the Firefox Marketplace and tagged with #firefoxstudents (and each participant must be able to provide proof that it has been accepted)
- All apps must be submitted by the date detailed in the newsletter in order to be considered for the contest. All submissions that come in after that date will not be considered for the prizes.
- All apps must be submitted in the manner outlined in the newsletter in order to be placed on the ballot
- Only registered Firefox Student Ambassadors are eligible to submit an HTML5 app for the contest
- Firefox Student Ambassadors are only allowed to submit ONE app for consideration each month. If you submit more than ONE app to the contest, none of the apps you submit will be eligible.
- Winners will be selected by the Student Working Group based on the adherence of the app to the theme selected for that month.
- Winners of the contest will be notified within ten days of the contest's completion and will be responsible for providing an address to which the prize will be shipped within the following month
How to Enter
To enter, please do the following:
- 1. Create an app that aligns with the theme (listed below)
- 2. Submit it to the Firefox Marketplace and tag the app submission with '#firefoxstudents'
- 3. Complete this form here
All entries for the April contest are due on April 20th, 2014.
Tools and Tutorials
We would like to make the development easier by sharing Mozilla Appmaker for beginners and the collection of Video tutorials by our developer team for developers to start well.
Tools
Mozilla Appmaker is a simple tool which will be very useful for developing the HTML5 based Firefox OS mobile applications. The developers need not have the awareness about the coding. We need not type even a single line of coding. It is fully open source and free.
Check Mozilla Appmaker
Tutorials
Here we would like to share the official tutorials developed by experts in Firefox OS application development.
- Firefox OS: The platform HTML5 deserves -- Web Components and Mozilla Brick
- Web Activities - Firefox OS for developers: the platform HTML5 deserves
- WebAPIs - Firefox OS for developers: the platform HTML5 deserves
- Firefox OS for developers -- Firefox Marketplace
- Firefox OS for developers -- App Discovery
- Firefox OS for developers -- the platform HTML5 deserves
- App Basics for FirefoxOS - What makes a good HTML5 App
- App Basics for Firefox OS - The Manifest
- App Basics for Firefox OS - Testing in the Simulator
- App Basics for FirefoxOS - Testing on the Device
- App Basics for FirefoxOS - Adding your App to the Marketplace
- App Basics for FirefoxOS - Web APIs
- App Basics for FirefoxOS - Web Activities
- App Basics for FirefoxOS - Push Notifications
- App Basics for FirefoxOS - Offline Functionality
- App Basics for FirefoxOS -Where to Learn More
Show Your Demo
Mozilla Developer Network loves to show the demo developed by developer. If you feel your code can be open source and it is purely based on HTML5, CSS and Javascript. Upload your code and show your demo world wide.
For more details check out Demo Studio|MDN
Contest Theme
April
- Fitness
May
- Summer Vacation
Previous Winners
2013
August
Theme: School Holidays
September
Theme: Studying
- Winner: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/easier-life/
- All entries:
- Calculator: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/calci
- Study Noise: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/studynoise/
October
Theme: Note-taking
- Winner: Note Pin: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/notepin/
- All entries:
- Everynote: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/everynote/
- Note Taking: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/note-taking/
- Note Studio: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/notestudio-1/
- Notes Free: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/notes-free/
- Check List: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/checker/
November
Theme: Kids' learning tools
- Winner: Learning is Fun!: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/learning-is-fun
- All entries:
- Kids Mathematics: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/kids-mathematics/
- Binary Game: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/binary-game/
- Learn it!: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/fun_learn
- Math Clouds: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/math-clouds/
- Pocket Alphabet: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/pocketalphabets/
- Kids Zone: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/kids-zone/
- Math Mania: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/math-mania/
- Kids - ABC: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/kids-abc?src=search
- Learning Animals: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/learning-animals/
- Panic Foxy - Learn while you Play: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/panic-foxy-learn-while-you-?src=all-created
- CA app: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/ca-app/
- School for Kidz: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/school-for-kidz/
December
Theme: Games you can play to learn about the Firefox Student Ambassador Program
- Winner: Proud FSA: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/proud-fsa-1
- All entries:
January 2014
Theme: New Year's Resolutions
- Winner:ABIN ABRAHAM
My Diary: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/diary
- All Entries:
- Damrilicious: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/damrilicious/
- FSA TelkomU: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/fsa-telkomuniversity/
- Resolutions: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/resolutions/
February 2014
Theme: Valentine's Day
- Winner: Jim-Bert Amante
FoxyFlames: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/foxyflames
- Bad Luck Brain: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/bad-luck-brain
- Feb The 14: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/feb-the-14/
- Food Tech : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/food-tech
- valantine_HH : https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/app/valantine_hh
- Valentine Destinations: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/valentine-destinations/
- Loval : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/loval/
- Arista : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/arista/
- FoxyFlames: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/foxyflames
- Love Calculator : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/love-calculator-3/
March 2014
Theme: Sports
- Winner: Mohankumar Duraisamy
Sports Quiz: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/sports-quiz-1/
- Entries:
- icc-fixtures : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/icc-fixtures/
- Game Manager for 2014 FIFA World Cup : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/fifaworldcup2014
- Sports Quiz : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/sports-quiz-1/
- Flappy-airplane : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/flappy-airplane
- Glow Hockey : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/glowhockey
April 2014
Theme: Fitness
- Entries:
- Calorie Calc : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/calorie-calc-1/
- Fitness Test Calculator : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/fitness-test-calculator/
- BMI Calculator: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/bmi-calculator-3
- Fitness Checker : https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/fitness-checker/
- BeFit: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/befit
May 2014
Theme: Summer Vacation