Getting started on MDN (Mozilla Developer Network)

Getting
Started
on
MDN
#MozillaPH
#MDNPH

Let’s get to know
each other first.
What is your name?
From where are you?
What do you do?

History of Mozilla
On 23 Feb 1998,
Netscape Communications Corp.
created a project called
Mozilla (Mosaic Killer + Godzilla).
Mozilla was launched 31 Mar 1998.

Mozilla’s Mission
To ensure the Internet
is a global public
resource, open &
accessible to all.

http://friends.mozilla.org
Firefox Friends

Firefox Student
Ambassadors (FSA)
http://fsa.mozillaphilippines.org

Internship
at Mozilla
https://careers.mozilla.org/university/

Some stuff that we
are working on …

Areas of Contribution
 Helping Users
(Support)
 Testing & QA
 Coding
 Marketing
 Translation &
Localization
 Web Development
 Firefox Marketplace
 Add-ons
 Visual Design
 Documentation &
Writing
 Education
http://join.mozillaph.org

Join MozillaPH now!
http://join.mozillaph.org

Co-work from
MozSpaceMNL
http://mozspacemnl.org

Mozilla Developer Network
The Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) is an
evolving learning platform for Web
technologies & the software that powers
the Web, including:
• Web standards such as CSS, HTML, &
JavaScript
• Open Web app development
• Firefox add-on development
• Firefox OS development

MDN Mission
To provide complete, accurate, &
helpful documentation for
everything about the open Web,
whether it's supported by
Mozilla-built software or not.
If it's an open technology
exposed to the Web,
we want to document it.

MDN Mission…
In addition,
MDN provides documentation
about how to build & contribute
to Mozilla projects
& about Firefox OS
& Web app development.

MDN Community
https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-mdc
https://twitter.com/MozDevNet
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.mdc
irc://irc.mozilla.org/mdn

Steps to MDN
• MDN is a wiki, where anyone can add
& edit content.
• You don't need to be a programmer or
know a lot about technologies.
• There are plenty of things that need to
be done, from simple tasks such as
proofreading & correcting typos to the
complex ones such as writing API
documentation.

1: Create an account on MDN
• To begin your contributions to MDN,
you need to have an account on
MDN.
• http://mzl.la/1T4fLAQ

2: Pick a Task
• Read the descriptions of different task
types & decide which one most
appeals to you.
• You can pick any task you like &
begin your contribution.

Possible Task Types
• Option 1: I like words
• You can help us review or edit existing
docs, and apply correct tags to them.
• Set the summary for a page (5-15 minutes)
• Editorial Reviews (5–30 minutes)
• Update an existing article with new information
(5 minutes-1 hour)
• Write a new entry in the Glossary (15 minutes-1 hour)
• Write an article about a new technology or API
(30 minutes-2 hours)
• Write an article to help people learn about the web (1-3 hours)

Possible Task Types
• Option 2: I like code
• We need more code samples! You can
also help build our site platform, Kuma
[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/Kuma]!
• Convert code samples to be "live" (30 minutes)
• Set up a Kuma build environment (1 hour)
• Send your code patch to the Kuma codebase (1 hour)
• Submit a new demo (1 hour)

Possible Task Types
• Option 3: I like both words & code
• We have tasks that require both technical and language
skills, like writing new articles, reviewing for technical
accuracy, or adapting documents.
• Tag JavaScript pages (5 minutes)
• Promote MDN on your own website (5 minutes)
• Technical reviews (30 minutes)
• Write a new article on a topic you are familiar with
(1 hour or more)
• Create an interactive exercise to help people learn about the
web (1 hour or more)
• Fix a documentation bug from the MDN category in Bugs Ahoy
(1 hour or more)

Possible Task Types
• Option 4: I want MDN in my language
• All localization and translation work done
on MDN is done by our amazing
community of volunteers.
• Translating pages (2 hours)
• Connect with other localizers listed in Localization projects (30
minutes)

Possible Task Types
• Option 5: I found some wrong
information but I don't know
how to fix it
• You can report problems by filing a
documentation bug. (5 minutes)
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/form.doc

Why Contribute to MDN?
• The benefits that people get from
contributing to MDN are mostly intangible.
• Several mentioned learning in the process
of contributing.

When localizing the articles, I personally
also am being benefited as I have to go
through a lot of articles and understand
them, so I’m learning everyday.
— Shafiul Azam

It has been a way to meet interesting
people. I heard [that] Jimmy Wales said
about the Wikipedia Community, “The
type of people who were drawn to writing
an encyclopedia for fun tend to be pretty
smart people.” I think this can also be said
for MDN contributors.
— Thierry Regagnon

Even making small corrections or additions
in a page gives me satisfaction and
seeing my name listed in “Contributors to
this page” gives me immense pride.
— Saurabh Nair

Thank you!
Maraming salamat po!
http://www.mozillaphilippines.org
bob@mozillaph.org

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