MDN Web Docs (formerly MDN) was first launched by Mozilla around 2005, and has grown from humble beginnings to being one of the most popular web development resources on the web today. It now boasts over 13 million page views per month, a strong ecosystem of documentation and data, and a lively community of contributors. MDN Web DNA aspires to be the voice of developers and designers working on the web. On single-vendor platforms, only one organization has to research developer needs and decide how to address them in the future.
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Pyodide Spin Out and 0.17 Release
We are happy to announce that Pyodide has become an independent and community-driven project. We are also pleased to announce the 0.17 release for Pyodide with many new features and improvements. Pyodide consists of the CPython 3.8 interpreter compiled to WebAssembly which allows Python to run in the browser.The post Pyodide Spin Out and 0.17 Release appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
Never too late for Firefox 88
April is upon us, and we have a most timely release for you — Firefox 88. In this release you will find a bunch of nice CSS additions including :user-valid and :user-invalid support and image-set() support, support for regular expression match indices, removal of FTP protocol support for enhanced security, and more! This blog post […]The post Never too late for Firefox 88 appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
QUIC and HTTP/3 Support now in Firefox Nightly and Beta
Support for QUIC and HTTP/3 is now enabled by default in Firefox Nightly and Firefox Beta and we are planning to start a rollout on the release in Firefox Stable Release 88. HTTP/3 will be available by default by the end of May.The post QUIC and HTTP/3 Support now in Firefox Nightly and Beta appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
Eliminating Data Races in Firefox – A Technical Report
We successfully deployed ThreadSanitizer in the Firefox project to eliminate data races in our remaining C/C++ components. In the process, we found several impactful bugs and can safely say that data races are often underestimated in terms of their impact on program correctness. We recommend that all multithreaded C/C++ projects adopt the ThreadSanitizer tool to enhance code quality.The post Eliminating Data Races in Firefox – A Technical Report appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
A web testing deep dive: The MDN web testing report
For the last couple of years, we've run the MDN Web Developer Needs Assessment (DNA) Report, which aims to highlight the key issues faced by developers building web sites and applications. This has proved to be an invaluable source of data for browser vendors and other organizations to prioritize improvements to the web platform. This year we did a deep dive into web testing, and we are delighted to be able to announce the publication of this follow-on work, available at our insights.developer.mozilla.org site along with our other Web DNA publications.The post A web testing deep dive: The MDN web testing report appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
Help improve MDN Web Docs
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Last week, Mozilla announced some general changes in our investments and we would like to outline how they will impact our MDN platform efforts moving forward. It hurts to make these cuts, and it’s important that we be candid on what’s changing and why.
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First we want to be clear, MDN is not going away. The core engineering team will continue to run the MDN site and Mozilla will continue to develop the platform.
However, because of Mozilla’s restructuring, we have had to scale back our overall investment in developer outreach, including MDN. Our Co-Founder and CEO Mitchell Baker outlines the reasons why here. As a result, we will be pausing support for DevRel sponsorship, Hacks blog and Tech Speakers. The other areas we have had to scale back on staffing and programs include: Mozilla developer programs, developer events and advocacy, and our MDN tech writing.
We recognize that our tech writing staff drive a great deal of value to MDN users, as do partner contributions to the content. So we are working on a plan to keep the content up to date. We are continuing our planned platform improvements, including a GitHub-based submission system for contributors.
We believe in the value of MDN Web Docs as a premier web developer resource on the internet. We are currently planning how to move MDN forward long term, and will develop this new plan in close collaboration with our industry partners and community members.
Thank you all for your continued care and support for MDN,
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— Rina Jensen, Director, Contributor Experience
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