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Is this article a bit outdated? I have noticed some projects not only switched their repositories but also programming languages i.e.: > If you know Python, yo
by piotrkubisa 7y ago
Is this article a bit outdated? I have noticed some projects not only switched their repositories but also programming languages i.e.:
> If you know Python, you can contribute to our web services, including Firefox Sync, or Firefox Accounts
Not quite recently (about 6-7 months ago), the syncserver got rewritten to Rust [0], while the Python codebase it's a bit stalled [1]. I guess Mozilla is going to switch to syncserver-rs soon, because they started implementation of Google Cloud Spanner and this looks like a green-light for future deployment.
> If you know Java, you can contribute to Firefox on Android, Firefox Focus for Android and Firefox for Fire TV.
There is new Firefox Preview on Android, which might disrupt the mobile browser market share soon (if it gets addons support). Some mozillian also worked on projects like Lockwise [2] or Firefox Notes [3] which are written in Kotlin, not Java.
Please, do update this article.
[0]: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/commits/master https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/commits/m...
[1]: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/commits/master https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/commits/maste...
[2]: https://lockwise.firefox.com/ https://lockwise.firefox.com/
[3]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/notes-by-firefox/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/notes-by-fire...
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- abbe98 7y agoThe article is maintained by volunteers and there is a large edit button that anyone can click.
- sciurus 7y agoUnfortunately it's the nature of a wiki to get out of date. There's plenty of opportunity to contribute to services used by Firefox users or developers whether you write python, rust, JavaScript, golang, or something else. Take a look around https://github.com/mozilla-services/ https://github.com/mozilla-services/ and https://github.com/mozilla/ https://github.com/mozilla/. Relatedly, I'm on the team that runs most of these services, and we're hiring! See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20585478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20585478