cross platform html5 mobile development and the firefox os

Cross Platform HTML5 Mobile

DevelopmentRobert DC. Reyes

http://bobreyes.com

bob@mozillaph.org

@bobreyesV1.00

About Me …

Aviation Professional by day

About Me …

Mozilla Representative & Firefox Contributor by night (weekends & when I’m free)

About Me …

• Mozilla Representative since 2011

• Aviation Professional since 1998

• Educator, Pianist, Hobby Photographer, Hobby Blogger, Gadgeteer, & 101% Pinoy

• Dad of Robyn Andi Xeon

• Official Mozilla Wiki Page:

• https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Bobreyes

We all want to be creators & build a thing that makes

it easier for others to code. We don’t even follow up

any longer if they are used or not,

the concept of having built them makes us already feel

great.

HTML5

A standard was set & it changed a few things,

a richer web for apps, was the promise it brings.

HTML5

Bah, standards! Who needs them?Some flashy ones said,

until a phone that was smart, kicked them out of its bed.

HTML5

Things that are fun, should be shiny & cool,

that's why the new standards bring many a new tool.

HTML5 (WebGL)

3D graphics are thrilling, as gamers will tell,

we now have that on the web & it is called WebGL.

Build a Web that Will Last

Be FUTURE FRIENDLY &

look forward, & STOP building for the past.

Be FUTURE FRIENDLY &

look forward, & STOP building for the past.

Move the Web Forward …

• The web is on phones, tablets, computers, TV’s.

• We have to MOVE IT FORWARD …

... Or else our existence will cease.

The Firefox Mobile OS

What is Firefox Mobile OS?

• Boot to Gecko (B2G) + Gaia + Gonk = Firefox Mobile OS

• B2G HTML5 + CSS + JavaScript | Application Runtime

• Gaia HTML5 + CSS + JavaScript | User Interface

• Gonk Linux Kernel + HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer)

• A complete, standalone operating system for the open web.

• Mozilla’s open source web-based operating system for mobile devices.

What is Firefox Mobile OS?

• The framework for the Open Web Device platform was introduced at the Mobile World Congress last Feb 2012 (in Barcelona, Spain).

What Hardware is Supported?

• As of now, B2G has been tested on Samsung Galaxy S II & the Samsung Nexus S.

• Why only these devices?

• Because these devices are commercially available to Mozilla employees & community members.

• Mozilla announced that ZTE & Alcatel will be the lead OEM partners for the commercial shipping of B2G devices.

• B2G, as of now, works (tested) on Qualcomm chipset-based hardware.

Why B2G?

• Using HTML5, developers everywhere write directly to the web

• The source code is open and accessible & the project is based entirely on open standards

• Enabling HTML5 devices running on the Open Web which can deliver smartphone capabilities at feature phone prices.

• 70% of the apps found in the Google Play store are written in HTML5.

Why B2G?

• According to Telefónica:“Boot to Gecko phones will be 10 times cheaper

than an iPhone.”

• Boot to Gecko architecture eliminates the need for apps to be built on platform-specific native API’s.

Boot to Gecko UI

• B2G is the low-level workings of the phone

• On top of that, you will be able to have any interface layer you want

• Telefónica developed one already

• Mozilla has Gaia

What is Gaia?

• Mozilla’s user interface for Boot to Gecko which is an extension of that

• What makes Gaia extra interesting is that it is all developed in HTML5, CSS, & JavaScript

• Gaia is developed completely in the open

The Gaia UX

The Gaia UX

B2G Simulator

Get in Touch with MozPH

• #mozilla-ph in IRC (Mozilla server)

• Twitter @bobreyes | @TagalogFirefox | @MozillaPH

• Email bob@mozillaph.org

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