On 27 January 2024, the Bulawayo Python community held its inaugural meetup to improve project collaboration. Organizers sought to transition from a joke-filled WhatsApp group to more empathetic, constructive engagements, with plans for regular meetups. Thirty participants gathered at Bulawayo TechHub, discussing and contributing to an open-source social networking project.
ZimboPy Mentorship Week ZimboPy is an organisation made up of Python Developers in Harare, Zimbabwe that empowers Zimbabwean women and advances the cause of women in tech. They introduce women to programming through partnerships and mentorship programmes meant to equip them with skills modern developers should have. On August 13 – 14, ZimboPy held one …
On Friday February 17 2017, the Firefox Beta community tested Firefox 52 Beta 7. The focus of this test day was on WebGL. WebGL is a JavaScript API for rendering graphics in the browser without the use of plugins such as Flash or Silverlight. Graphics testing involves testing how Firefox renders websites that use WebGL …
The last community meet-up was a success, attendance was higher than expected and everyone was excited to join Mozilla and start contributing. Discussions involved translating the browser, building a custom B2G phone, working on addons and growing the community. Everyone seemed interested in taking on a particular functional area.