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Re:Ask HN: Best Firefox phone to get? by Thiz on Sunday April 27, 2014 @05:23PM (#7656957)
Guys, guys, one question…

Can I build apps for FirefoxOS without owning a phone? I mean just html/js/css using an editor and testing it on an emulator. That's the way I do android apps and I don't have a phone.

Can I? Can I?

I believe Firefox OS and html based apps are the future. I want to start building it now.

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Re:Ask HN: Best Firefox phone to get? by jgraham on Sunday April 27, 2014 @05:30PM (#7656994)
Yes, there's a simulator that you can run on your desktop computer. See [1] for instructions on installing it.

[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-set-firefox-os-desk...

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Re:Ask HN: Best Firefox phone to get? by soapdog on Monday April 28, 2014 @09:34AM (#7659781)
Yes you can. I've wrote a free book giving you all the path, you can pick it up at:

https://leanpub.com/quickguidefirefoxosdevelopment

You basically need a recent version of the Firefox browser and the Firefox OS Simulator add-on. The rest is having a nice editor and doing your web stuff.

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