FirefoxOS Apps and WebAPIs

The bare minimum to get you started

1. Apps are built with open web technologies
2. Manifest
3. Install an app
4. WebAPIs

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• SVG

• HTML (all stylable elements without the need for html5shiv)
• CSS (Flexbox!!!)
• JavaScript (strict mode, destructuring...)
• WebWorkers (with transferables!)
• LocalStorage, IndexedDB
• SVG
• Twitter Bootstrap
• ...and all the libraries/frameworks you're already used to!!

• You know web technologies
• You have a web page
• You have a manifest
• Try the following:

• New JavaScript APIs relevant in the context of mobile
• Different levels of security ("normal", "privileged", "certified")
• Most devs have access to the least sensitive APIs (no Telephony, SMS, etc.)
• Geolocalisation, Battery status, WebActivities, Notification, Vibration...

Manifest part

JavaScript part

• Background : Agathe Larrieu - Lion
• Dzslides : Paul Rouget, Anthony Ricaud
• Some content shamelessly copied from Robert Nyman's slides