WPE Experience

@briankardell

" I like to say that it’s my job to ask dumb questions so you don’t have to, but the real goal of a Developer Advocate is to become the voice of the user. We gather feedback in a way developers can’t (since they know the codebase too well), then use that feedback to shape the product to become what it needs to be."

Developer Advocacy in a Nutshell

- Ashley McNamara

So...

This is not my thing.

That's useful.

 

I have a very different background than most of you.

What I can speak to:

• My own experience
• What I have seen in practice
• What others have asked me so far
• Why I think this really matters in a big way

WPE is a good choice for embedded,

because performance

This is our case...

Real, performant, production stuff is custom built

more like this (not entirely accurate), I get that.

Backend (Wayland/etc)

Webkit Port

.?OS?.

A WPE Image for specific hardware

Launcher (COG)

Things I am remotely comfortable with

This.

Here's what happened...

Lol.

My computer is a brick.

ehh.. now what?

> sudo something

I have bad feelings of inadequacy.

Web devs who are curious

Have a Pi

Comfortable

Building WPE/OS

Exceptionally small, unscientific anecdotal survey...

Web devs who are curious

Have a Pi

Comfortable

Building WPE/OS

Exceptionally small, unscientific anecdotal survey...

Have used WPE!

These are not the things I had

questions about....

How do you get started?

"Get started doing what?"

... I kind of don't know yet?

What even is it?

"Webkit"

I have questions.

So many questions.

I just want to poke it.

Why I think this matters more than we appreciate...

Some historical examples...

Used for precisely what they were invented for/how they were intended/sold as..

• radio
• telephone
• telegraph
• or...

The Web itself...

Pretty much the entire electrical industry...

By enabling adjacent possible ideas, these all kind of sold themselves.

Want help?

 

* selling our product and services?

* getting good questions?

* answering good questions?

* promoting more of the same?

 

Unlock developers as much as possible.  

Make it easy to explore.

I'd like to make a case here...

Can I use?

First implementation in 2011

Landed in Webkit in 2019

Is it in WPE?

How do I know?

URLs?

What does this mean to... uhm.... everything?

 

https://
Powerful features

Server?

Protocol?

Patterns?

What frameworks work better or worse?

Tips/archiectures?

Boot up a device with content

Communicate with servers when you can

Potentially Update Content

Seems like this would be a common idea?

Here is what we can maybe improve about architecture/patterns

 

 

Google Proposal

• Here is how you get a reasonable approximation to play with and explore without
  • breaking your bank
  • taking tons of learning and frustration
     
• Here is are some simple guidelines/FAQ
   
• Here is how to give us feedback

@briankardell