Firefox OS Workshop at DLSU-Manila

Earlier today, Team Mozilla Philippines made history by staging the very first Firefox OS Workshop in the country. Thanks to our friends at the De La Salle University – Manila for playing host to this first of a series of lectures being conducted by our team.

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USB Flash Disk from Firefox OS App Days – Manila and a Geeksphone Keon running Firefox OS (Developer Preview).
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View of the lecture hall and workshop attendees from the podium.
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Some of the DLSU students striking a pose while coding.

The MozillaPH team was composed of Mozilla Reps (ReMo) Joell Lapitan, Kevin John Ventura, Aaron Joshua Cajes, Kemuel Joseph Domanog (head of the documentation team), and yours truly. The event will not be a success without the help of our Firefox Student Ambassadors from different colleges and universities.

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Mozilla Rep JOELL LAPITAN all smiles while delivering his talk on how easy it is to create apps for Firefox OS.
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Mozilla Rep KEVIN JOHN VENTURA talks about Git and Firefox OS apps development.
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Mozilla Rep AARON JOSHUA CAJES made an awesome demonstration of an actual app created for Firefox OS.
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Yours truly giving an introduction about Mozilla in the Philippines and Firefox OS.

Attendees of the workshop were given an overview of what Firefox OS is. They were then given insights on how easy it is to create webapps for Firefox OS. A topic on how to send created apps to the Firefox Marketplace was also discussed. Towards the of the afternoon, almost all of the attendees were able to create their very first Firefox OS app.

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Some of our awesome Firefox Student Ambassadors (standing) ready to assist the workshop participants.

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Our sincerest thanks to Mr. Ralph Vincent Regalado for inviting Team MozillaPH to conduct the workshop for his students. This is just the first. Watch out for more Firefox OS Workshops at DLSU.

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Thank you to Mr. Ralph Vincent Regalado for having our team at DLSU.

More photos of the workshop can be found here.

Mozilla Rep | Localizer | Aviation Professional Bob is a Mozilla Representative (ReMo) Mentor from Makati City, Philippines. He is the Lead Localizer for the Tagalog Firefox and Firefox OS Projects. He is a graduate of BS Computer Science and was an aviation professional. He is currently an IT Consultant to big companies in the field of telecommunications, broadcast and aviation in the Philippines. He is the General Manager & Chief Technology Officer of TurfSite Web Services. He plays the piano, develops desktop & mobile applications, does plane spotting (photography) during his free time. He is dad to Robyn Andi Xeon and Bea Gaia Haswell.

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