Kick-start Contributing to Mozilla (Firefox)
Submitted by Tummala Dhanvi (@tummala-dhanvi) on Sunday, 6 December 2015
Technical level: Intermediate
Status: Submitted
Abstract
Getting started with Contributing to Mozilla
Outline
In this talk I will be explaning the workflow of developement in Mozilla and the various tools required for developing and how to use them.
Work flow includes
- Choosing a bug to work on
- Getting started with the building
- How to find the mentor for the bug/Whom to ask help if you are struck
- Explain about Bugs life
- Guidelines on submitting a patch
Tools
- Mercural/Git
- Bugzilla
- IRC
Requirements
Enthusiasm to contribute
Speaker bio
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I am Security Enthuiast who take part in CTF’s.
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FREEdom Software lover.
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Proud Mozillian who hacks at Mozilla to make the web more open
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I am also a active member of FOSS@Amrita full details here
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I also write articles about FOSS in OSFY (Open Source For You) in my free time
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I have started contributing to Mozilla recently and became one of the Contributors