My big focus during the week of UDS will be on improving our Application Developer story, tools and services. Ubuntu 12.04 is already an excellent platform for app developers, now we need to work on spreading awareness of what we offer and polishing any rough edges we find. Below are the list of sessions I’ll be leading or participating in that focus on these tasks.
- Upstream App Developer Documentation
Identify tutorials and documentation needed by upstream developers to port and integrate their applications with Ubuntu and Unity - App Developer events
Promote and run a successful series of online app developer events, including at least:
- The Ubuntu App Developer Week
- The Ubuntu App Developer Contest - Ubuntu platform API documentation
Identify which APIs need to be documented for application developers and ways in which we can provide these APIs in a developer friendly way - Upstream App Developer Support
Provide support and mentoring resources for upstream app developers who want to port or integrate their application with Ubuntu and Unity - Promote and encourage upstream delivery in Ubuntu
Get more app developers talking about Ubuntu and targeting Ubuntu. Promote Ubuntu as a platform in the places independent app developers socialize. - Upstream App Developer Outreach
Identify and engage targetted upstreams to submit their apps to the Ubuntu Software Centre - Ubuntu App Developer Site incremental improvements
Building upon the foundations of the initial Ubuntu App Developer site, we’d like to expand it on a second design phase. - App Developer external outreach
We want to increase the visibility and awareness of Ubuntu app development outside of the regular Ubuntu channels. - MyApps submission experience and expectations for upstreams
Review the current process and identify which parts of the documentation need to be improved. Also figure out what specifically we expect from upstreams and which help the ARB can provide. - Advertise new apps in the Software Center
Promote the availability of new apps in the Software Center, both in USC itself and through other channels, to raise awareness of apps targeting Ubuntu
And if you’re curious about what else I’ll be up to, my full schedule for the week can be found here: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-q/participant/mhall119/
Sounds awesome. Really exciting to see work being done to bring new apps and app developers to Ubuntu. I’m sure lots of great things are going to come of this
What Ubuntu can use is a single preferred platform and language for development. You can have multiple libraries for different things, but for each task a developer wants to accomplish there should be one official way of getting it done. This will help reduce confusion and make it easier to get started developing for Ubuntu.
Of course, this isn’t to say that support should be dropped for the other options.
…its a little off-the-topic, but, I can at least give an advice which WILL change the world…
TRIBLER SHOULD BE PREINSTALLED IN QUANTUM QUATZAL!
That way, people who want windows will first have to use ubuntu and Microsoft will die and all the cool guys using mac or ios out there will get all of there tv series and movies in their ubuntu’s HUD, so, Apple, with its “costly entertainment” will also die…
Isn’t sharing is caring…