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Janvi Bajoria

Outreachy intern @Mozilla | Open Source Enthusiast

Sep 21, 2022

Guide for Newcomers contributing to Firefox.

Are you interested in contributing to one of the most widely used web browsers in the world? Mozilla Firefox, developed by the Mozilla Corporation, is a free and open-source web browser that runs on multiple operating systems. If you're new to contri...

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#mozilla #firefox #opensource

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Fawale Queen

Front-end Web development

Mar 3, 2023

Hi, great article. I noticed there wasn't any mention of Xcode. Is it not necessary to download the app on a macOs before bootstrapping a copy of the Firefox source code?

you don't need xcode specifically, Please read this - janvi01.hashnode.dev/guide-for-newcomers-contribu… to know the prerequisites

Mar 4, 2023

Vaishali Rawat

Pushing the boundaries !!!

Feb 10, 2023

Amazing Blog Janvi !!! This would help a lot of newcomers ❤

Janvi Bajoria

Outreachy intern @Mozilla | Open Source Enthusiast

Feb 10, 2023

Thanks Vaishali ❤️

Shai Almog

25 years ago I was lucky. I faced my debugging ignorance. It's a skill we don't learn at school. Hopefully I can help you reach a similar ep

Sep 21, 2022

Great article. I love Firefox and use it as my primary browser. But I never contributed code because of the patch submission process. It's tedious when you need to revise/review.

I wish they would move to a system like github where we can just submit a pull request.

Janvi Bajoria

Outreachy intern @Mozilla | Open Source Enthusiast

Dec 15, 2022

It might seem tedious in beginning, but let me tell you once you set up the environment locally it is straight to the point submitting patches, easy than how GitHub works.