Getting Started

Download and install requirements

– Node.js – Firefox Nightly – SublimeText (or the editor of your choice)

Install Rec Room

– npm install -g recroom

App Fundamentals

Creating your first example app

• ember new Phonebook

File Structure of Apps

• What goes in the various directories and what does it all mean
• Intro to Manifest
• • More in-depth discussion in Manifest section

Structure of an App

• Introduction to MVC
• How to layout an App (Mortar, x-card, x-layout)
• UI widgets
• • More in-depth discussion in User Interface section
• App Lifecycle
• • on FirefoxOS
• • on the Web

User Interface

How to compose widgets into an App

• Explanation of DOM, Document Fragments, Cards, Views, etc

Widgets

• intro to Brick

Design Patterns

System Permissions and Manifests

Animation and Graphics

Computation

Media and Camera

Location and Sensors