Firefox OS App Development Workshop @ Code for Pakistan

On 25th January 2014, Fawad from Mozilla Pakistan was invited to present a talk on Firefox OS App development at the Code for Pakistan event held at LUMS. Mozilla, being one of the sponsors of the event, made arrangements for me and Mehmood Ali to attend this session, thanks to Sheba (event organizer) for obliging our request on such a short notice. The talk on Firefox OS App development was highly informative and very well presented ! It started with Fawad explaining about Mozilla and it's mission - to keep the web open and accessible for all, followed by an introduction of Firefox OS. Next, the target market of Firefox OS was discussed that how the next billion people who don't have smartphones have created a niche for affordable replacement for featured and low-end smartphones. The talk concluded with Fawad explaining the tools required to start Firefox OS app development, the different types of apps, and the use of different APIs (Contacts API, Battery API, Geo-location API, etc). The participants at Code for Pakistan were very excited to learn about Mozilla and it's mission. The talk was followed by a Q and A session and after that people had some hands-on with the Keon (developer preview device). We (me and Mehmood) were really excited to meet Fawad as it was our first (un)official meetup. We had detailed discussions over lunch regarding Firefox OS, open web technologies, and our local Mozilla community. A day well spent ! :)