8 Resources For Developing Apps For Mozilla's Firefox OS

Non-profit organisation Mozilla recently came up with the Firefox OS, named after its popular internet browser Firefox. The OS has been developed to run on smartphones and tablets and is currently running on the ZTE Open and GeeksPhone Peak+ smartphones. In addition, the OS is also expected to be running on Smart televisions soon. The OS competes with Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows Phone and other mobile operating systems like Jolla’s Sailfish OS. It is based entirely on open standards and uses HTML5, JavaScript etc. There are certain resources that you will need in order to develop apps for the Firefox OS. Here are eight that may be of help to you.

- Firefox OS simulator: Use this to test your apps on the OS.

- Boilerplate app: Use this to check the usage of the WebAPI.

- IndexDB: This is how you can store data in the user’s browser.

- App Manifest: This teaches you how to create a manifest file that lets your apps talk to the web browser.

- App Manager: Get in depth control of the debugging and deployment of HTML5 apps.

- You need to make cross domain requests by making the app Privileged (or Certified).

- Firefox OS Style Guide: This is the style guide for the Firefox OS that you can use for colours etc.

- Firefox OS design principles: This is a description of the design philosophy used in the OS.