The Joy of Coding: Episode Guide

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Episode 269: Nov 10th, 2021

Links

• Watch this episode on Air Mozilla
• Joplin Agenda

Topics

• Starting to post to JoC instead of :
  • Posting to /r/WatchPeopleCode and crosspost to /r/firefox
  • Because Reddit has recently expressed that they’re going to compute link karma (Reddit karma) using blockchain technology.
• Congratulations shirshak55 on your first patch for Bug 1707279
• Code review: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D129326
  • JSActors documentation
• Question time! FINALLY answering :
  • WebExtensions and how they interact with DocShells / BrowsingContexts
    • Reading up on DocShells
    • A stream where i talked about DocShells and BrowsingContext
    • nsISupports.QueryInterface vs nsIInterfaceRequestor.getInterface
    • QueryInterface ~= dynamic cast. “If you implement this interface, then expose these methods / properties / attributes to me”
    • GetInterface: “Get me something that implements a particular interface that is relevant to you, but is not necessarily you”
  • Are you actively learning to draw on your new graphics tablet?
    • Yes! Following YouTube tutorial on using Krita to do a Bob Ross painting.
  • Next time : How a patch gets into Firefox, from start to finish!
• Rate this episode

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Resource Links

• Felicia Bacon
• npb hacks on the SpiderMonkey JS engine
• Compiler Compiler live stream
• Try out Mozilla VPN
• Firefox Source Code Documentation
• mozconfigwrapper: A Wrapper to manage different mozconfigs
• MyQOnly: Mike's addon to track your review queues on Mozilla Phabricator
• Mike's Firefox Color Theme
• Firefox Monitor: Stay informed on new data breach of services you're using online
• Create a free Bugzilla account
• Codetribute: Find a good first bug to start contributing on a Mozilla projects (Firefox, Thunderbird, and more). See the above link for creating a Bugzilla account first!
• Nathan Baggs livehacking / reverse engineering
• Alessandro Castellani has been streaming himself livehacking on Thunderbird
• Emilio hacking on Firefox