MDN/Projects
In order to plan ahead for the work that we need to do to make MDN better for everyone, we spec out large-scale projects that need to be done in advance. This includes both content projects and development projects.
A content project is any project primarily centered around the writing community. This includes cleaning up of landing pages, writing large-scale new documentation sets (such as documenting a whole new API), and so forth.
A development project is primarily handled by the development team or development volunteers. These projects are things like implementing large-scale new features or broad changes to the site's function or appearance. Some examples might be things like redesigning the editor interface or adding a new dashboard.
Contents
Content Projects
- Developer Phone Guide
- Game Developer Zone
- JavaScript:ES6
- Learning Area
- Service Workers
- Topic in a Box
- WebRTC
- WebWorkers
- WebAudio API
- Writing Chrome Code
- XPCOM
- picture
Potential priority documentation work
The following list is a list of APIs and/or technologies which we've been told are a priority. We record the number of people/teams that have requested an API to help gauge importance.
| API/Tech | Num. Requests | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| WebCrypto | 2 | |
| Media Source Extensions | 2 | Dirkjan Ochtman says this is more important than Encrypted Media Extensions. Bug |
| WebRTC | 3 | We have scraps of very very old docs for this. A doc project is ramping up; this is a Q3 2014 goal. Details soon! |
| mozCameras | 1 | Docs are now very out of date, and it's now available to privileged apps, not just certified ones, so more devs may find it useful. |
| Encrypted Media Extensions | 1 | (Ehsan) |
| Mobile ID API | 1 | (Ehsan) |
| <picture> | 2 | (John Schoenick) - Hopefully shipping in Fx 33; John has offered to help with at least basic docs. Bug list - Spec |
| WebGL | 3 | (Benoit Jacob) - Benoit has written a tutorial series and is willing to work with us to turn it into real docs; that may be a basis for some of our content. |
| Service Workers | 4 | (Johnny Stenback, Andrew Overholt, others) |
| Shared Workers | 2 | |
| Web Animations | 1 | Bug |
| WebBluetooth | 1 | Should be ready for docs in Q4 2014. Bug - API draft |
Proposed Features
This is a list of features that have been proposed and are in some state of requirements definition or review. They have not been prioritized for development.
- Projects
- Development
- Accessibility review
- Badges
- Blackhole Integration
- Building Blocks
- Content Annotations
- Diagramming tool
- Editor UX
- File Upload Filter
- Git Backend
- Hacks Localization
- Metrics
- Mobile
- Offline experience
- On-Site Messaging
- Personal dashboard
- Product Versioning
- Review and approval workflow
- Sample Code
- Samples UX
- Social Features
- Stack Overflow integration
- Videos
- Development
Completed Projects
Google Summer of Code
- The Mozilla Developer Network team will be hosting a Google Summer of Code this summer. The project will center around building a Localization Dashboard to track localization status and help localizers find articles that need to be updated.
- For more information, please see our Google Summer of Code 2013 page.
