Coding for Firefox

Event Name: Coding for Firefox, VIIT Pune
Time: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Date:  24th Feb 2015
Venue: VIIT, Pune
Hashtags: #firefoxcodepune, #firefoxstudents, #viitfirefoxclub

The VIIT Firefox Club organized an event "Coding for Firefox" on 24th February in Internet Lab (System Dept) VIIT.   Total 40 Computer Engineering students attended the event.

Our Goals:
A] Introduction and contributing to Mozilla
B] Getting ready for development,
C] Building Firefox,
D] Getting ready to work on your first bug,
E] Using online tools to help productivity,
F] Front end Firefox development tools


Output of the Event:
1) 18 New Mozillians recruited.
2) All participants became member of VIIT Firefox Club
3) All participants registered for the FSA.

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= Was it worth it? =-
According to my knowledge, Yes. The audience was satisfied with the content of the event.

-= Should we go again? =-
Yes. I feel its worth the investment.

Remix Hackathon

Event Name: Remix Hackathon, VIIT Pune
Time: 09:00 am to 6:00 pm
Date:  21st Feb 2015
Venue: VIIT, Pune
Hashtags: #viitremixhackathon, #firefoxstudents, #viitfirefoxclub


The VIIT Firefox Club organized an event "Remix Hackthon" on 21st and 22nd February in Internet Lab (System Dept) VIIT.

The event started at 09: 00am. Dyvik and I conducted sessions during the event on following topics:

* SUMO
* WEBMAKER
  ** THIMBLE
  ** POPCORN
  ** X-RAY GOGGLES
* APPMAKER
* LOCALIZATION
* FIREFOX OS
* ONE AND DONE
* Bugzilla

This event created an open platform for technologists and also people from Non-technical branches to state that anything that is modified on web is called a hack. Exactly to say it was not an appday but we allowed people to build applications upon their interest. In this hackathon we teaught all about contributing to localization, Webmaker, MDN, App development, Helping on
support.mozilla.org, filing bugs,testing and many more ways to contribute.

Event Name: Firefox OS Apps Day (App Day in a Box (ADIAB)), Pune
Time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Date:  24th August 2014
Venue: VIIT, Pune
Hashtags: #apphackdaypune, #firefoxstudents

-= Audience and size =-
There were 20 people who attended the event. All participants were Third Year and Final Year(B.E) engineering students of Information Technology and Computer Engineering in VIIT Engg College, Pune. Overall, they seemed to have good knowledge of web technologies ( HTML, JavaScript) and interested in open source contributions.

-= Our Goals =-

1. Educate and inspire developers to work on HTML5 apps and submit them to the Firefox Marketplace
2. Create opportunities for local developers to showcase their apps
3. Raise awareness of Firefox OS and the developer ecosystem
4. Brainstorm app ideas

FirefoxOS APP Contribution- Test, Review and Develop apps on Tarako Devices

Event Name: FirefoxOS APP Contribution- Test, Review and Develop apps on Tarako Devices
Date: 24 January 2015
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Hashtag:  #apphackingpune

The event attendees were  second year and third year Computer Engg students of VIIT. More that 25 people attended the event. SiddhartRao, Prasad Seth, I and Aniket Deshpande conducted sessions in the event.

This event focus on to teach audience: how to create an App using Appmaker. In addition, we also introduced Firefox Marketplace to the audience and taught them how to download and test apps from the Firefox Marketplace. Also, submit Ranking and Reviews of the tested apps on the Firefox Marketplace. 

Our Goals:

1) AppMaker Introduction and Demonstration: Educate and inspire developers to work on HTML5 apps and submit them to the Firefox Marketplace

2) Test, Rate and Review apps on the Firefox Marketplace.

Event Output:

1) Total 61 apps are downloaded and tested by event participants during the event. The participants also submitted reviews on Firefox Marketplace for the apps they tested.

2) All participants sign-up for FSA (Firefox Student Ambassador) program.

3) All participants became members of VIIT_Firefox_Club

4) Participants developed partial apps using AppMaker.

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Firefox OS Apps Day

Event Name: Firefox OS Apps Day
Date: 19 December 2014
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Hashtag:  #apphackdaypune


The event attendees were  BE Computer Engg students of VIIT. More that 70 people attended the event. SiddhartRao, Prasad Seth, I and Mayuresh conducted sessions in the event. SiddharthRao provided FxOS Intro and FSA information. I provided information about Mozilla Mission, products and opportunities to contribute in Mozilla. Prasad Seth conducted session on AppMaker. And Mayuresh explained App manifest file fields.  After the event we got a lot of queries related to FSA (Firefox Student Ambassador) program.

Our Goals:
1. Educate and inspire developers to work on HTML5 apps and submit them to the Firefox Marketplace
2. Create opportunities for local developers to showcase their apps
3. Raise awareness of Firefox OS and the developer ecosystem
4. Brainstorm app ideas


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Steps to set-up Keon, ZTE Open and Tarako devices on Linux operating system using Android ADB Tool

This tutorial explains, how we can connect Keon, Tarako, ZTE Open (FirefoxOS Device) on Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 / Linux Mint v17) operating systems, so that we can easily push a FxOS application on the mobile device. 

Steps:
A. Install ADB Tool
   Open a terminal window and type:

   $ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot

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B. Configure usb connectivity of the device 
  B1)  Open a terminal window and type:

   $ sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

B2) And enter following lines into the file:

SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”05c6″, ATTR{idProduct}==”8013″, MODE=”0666″
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="19d2", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1782", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"

B3) Type Ctrl + X to exit from the text editor, then answer Y or yes to save changes.

B4) Change permission of the file using following command:

  $ sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

B5) Create Tarako device configuration file.

  $ sudo nano ~/.android/adb_usb.ini

B6) Type the following one line:

  0x1782

B7) Type Ctrl + X to exit from the text editor, then answer Y or yes to save changes.

B8) Restart the usb service using following command:

   $ sudo service udev restart

B9) Connect Mobile phone using USB cable to the computer.

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C. Configure Mobile Phone 

C1) In the mobile phone, go to "Settings -> Device information -> More information -> Developer "

C2) Set Remote debugging option value to ADB and Devetools.

C3) Also enable "Console enabled" option from the list of Developer settings.

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D. Restart adb service as root

Type following commands in the Terminal:

  $  adb kill-server

  $ sudo adb start-server

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E. Detect connected mobile devices to the computer

Type following command in the Terminal:

  $ adb devices

It should detect FxOS device connected to your computer/laptop. 

Hope this tutorial helps!

Firefox OS Apps Day

 Event Name: Firefox OS Apps Day, VIIT Pune
Time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Date:  17th September 2014
Venue: VIIT, Pune
Hashtags: #apphackdaypune, #firefoxstudents

-= Audience and size =-
There were 42 people who attended the event. All participants were Third Year engineering students of the Computer Engineering. Overall, they seemed to have good knowledge of web technologies ( HTML, JavaScript) and interested in open source contributions.

-= Our Goals =-
1. Educate and inspire developers to work on HTML5 apps and submit them to the Firefox Marketplace
2. Create opportunities for local developers to showcase their apps
3. Raise awareness of Firefox OS and the developer ecosystem
4. Brainstorm app ideas

-= OutCome of the Event =-
 Participants are interested in building apps after the event
 Participants become aware of the tools (such as AppMaker) they need to get started.
 Two Apps were developed during the event:
Heath Tracker (by Prasad Seth) and Math Challenge (by Qaidjohar Jawadwala)

MathChallenge App Link - https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/maths-workout?src=search
HealthTracker App Link - https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/health-tracker?src=search

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