Did you know we have a style guide?
I’ve been surprised at the number of people who were unaware that Mozilla has a coding style guide. It contains the rules for new files for both JavaScript and C++. You can save your reviewer a whole bunch of time by making sure your code conforms to this before asking for review.
sdwilsh Status Update: 2010-03-29
Done:
- More reviews.
- Updated Q1 goal of I/O reduction. Getting real close, but may miss.
- Started work on IndexedDB
Next:
- Reviews
- Work on IndexedDB
sdwilsh Status Update: 2010-03-19
Done:
- Pushed bug 552003 - Passing an empty mozIStorageBindingParamsArray does not error
- Pushed bug 552092 - Expose a length property on mozIStorageBindingParamsArray
- Pushed bug 536978 - Cookies should write to the database asynchronously.
- Got a patch up for a regression from asynchronous link visited work
- Got a patch up to upgrade SQLite and add better configure checks for system SQLite to make sure Linux distros are using what we expect.
- Started planning for implementing IndexedDB. See the wiki page for more details.
- Worked with mak to come up with a plan to make history visit adding asynchronous. See the wiki page for more details.
- Updated Q1 goal of I/O reduction. Getting close!
- A whole bunch of reviews.
Next:
Start work on implementing IndexedDB.
sdwilsh Status Update: 2010-03-15
Done:
A bunch of reviews and work on I/O reduction goal.
Next:
- More reviews
- Start work on an IndexedDB prototype
- Land bug 536978 (async cookie writes) for Q1 goal.
Bluetooth Tethering with the N900 and T-Mobile
I’ve been spending the last few train rides to and from work every day trying to figure out how to tether my N900 to my laptop. While Firefox Mobile is nice, there are some things my desktop does better. I first tried using the PC Suite from Nokia, but that wasn’t successful (it apparently doesn’t support the N900). I then tried JoikuSpot, which is in beta. Sadly, I encountered the “phone reboots when clients connect” bug. However, if they fix that, that piece of software looks very promising. I finally went down the road to Bluetooth Networking.
In order to pull this off, you’ll need to get a handy little application from the Application Manager. Under the Network section, look for “Bluetooth Dial-Up Networking” in the Extras repository. After you install that, you will want to restart your device. Next, pair your N900 with you laptop (this varies per operating system. I used Windows 7 and these instructions will assume that). After pairing the device, add a new Dial-Up connection on that modem. The phone number will be *99# and you will leave the user name and password blank. Save the connection, but cancel it when it tries to dial (it will fail anyway). Now, launch the device manager, and find the Bluetooth modem that should have been installed when you paired the N900 to your computer. Open its properties, and go to the Advanced tab and set the Extra initialization commands to at+cgdcont=1,"IP","epc.tmobile.com". After this, you should be able to connect to the Internet though your phone.
To prove that it works, I wrote this on the train, and I’m posting while still on the train. :P
I found this particular wiki page to very useful in setting this up, but I found translating the instructions to Windows 7 to be a bit difficult at times.