Overview
The first day is focused on introducing the open source movement, collaborative development practices, and the Mozilla project. We will explore the technological and community aspects of Mozilla.
Location
- Morning - S1206
- Afternoon - T4046/T4042
Agenda
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Welcome and course introduction. |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Viewing of Revolution OS (85 minutes). |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Group discussion of film, open source, Mozilla. |
| 2:00 - 4:00 | Lab: IRC and collaborative on-line development. |
Resources
- Revolution OS documentary
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar
- GNU
- Open Source Initiative (OSI)
- GNU General Public License (GPL)
- Mozilla.org
- Mozilla Manifesto (0.9)
- Mozilla Developer Center (MDC)
- Firefox Add-ons
- ChatZilla IRC Client
- IRC Help
- Mozilla IRC information
- “Rapid Application Development with Mozilla” complete text (somewhat outdated now)
- Mozilla Architecture diagrams from the above book
