{"id":62166,"date":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2015\/07\/23\/mdn-celebrates-10-years-of-documenting-your-web\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T18:58:03","slug":"mdn-celebrates-10-years-of-documenting-your-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/mdn-celebrates-10-years-of-documenting-your-web\/","title":{"rendered":"MDN celebrates 10 years of documenting YOUR Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Mozilla proudly celebrates the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/MDN_at_ten\">10th anniversary<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mozilla Developer Network<\/a>, one of the richest and also one of the few multilingual resources on the Web for documentation. It started in February 2005, when a small team dedicated to the open Web took <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lizardwrangler.com\/2005\/02\/23\/devmo-and-devedge-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DevEdge<\/a> (Netscape\u2019s developer materials) and set out to create an open, free, community-built online resource for all Web developers. Just a couple of months later, on 23 July, 2005 the original MDN wiki site launched and has <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/2015\/07\/23\/ten-years-of-evolution-of-mdn\/\">evolved<\/a> steadily ever since for the convenience and the benefit of its users.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MDN_10-Milestones_UK.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8965 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MDN_10-Milestones_UK.jpg\" alt=\"MDN_10-Milestones_UK\" width=\"1667\" height=\"1834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2015\/07\/MDN_10-Milestones_UK.jpg 1667w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2015\/07\/MDN_10-Milestones_UK-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2015\/07\/MDN_10-Milestones_UK-931x1024.jpg 931w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2015\/07\/MDN_10-Milestones_UK-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2015\/07\/MDN_10-Milestones_UK-1396x1536.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2015\/07\/MDN_10-Milestones_UK-1000x1100.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1667px) 100vw, 1667px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nToday, ten years later, not only has the amount of documentation grown \u2013 34,500 documents and climbing \u2013 but also <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/MDN\/Community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MDN\u2019s global volunteer community <\/a>is bigger than ever. Currently, MDN has more than<strong> 4 million users<\/strong> and over <strong>1000 volunteer editors<\/strong> per month creating and translating documentation, sample code, tutorials and other learning resources for all open Web technologies, including CSS, HTML, JavaScript and everything that makes the open Web as rich and versatile as it is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MDN_10_Facts_UK.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8964 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MDN_10_Facts_UK.jpg\" alt=\"MDN_10_Facts_UK\" width=\"1667\" height=\"4198\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a wide range of Web developers, from learners to hobbyists to full-time professionals, MDN provides useful explanations for coding practice. It aims to inspire ideas, encourage collaboration, innovation and ultimately, foster the growth of the open Web. Moreover, as the digital industry flourishes and the demand for coding skills at young age rises, the importance of well-organized resources like MDN grows exponentially. That is why in 2014 MDN started to feed and expand all its learning pages into a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn the Web<\/a>\u201d area for beginning web developers, including a web terminology <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Glossary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">glossary<\/a>, which MDN\u2019s technical writers and volunteers will continue to develop over the next years.<\/p>\n<p>All these efforts, which would not be possible without the active MDN volunteer base, are being greatly acknowledged by developers from all over the world who <a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/NewOnMDN\/how-has-mdn-helped-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">would not be doing what they do without MDN<\/a> \u2013 or at least not as good.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hear it for MDN!<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/\">https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/<br \/>\n<\/a>MDN at 10: <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/MDN_at_ten\">https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/MDN_at_ten<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MozDevNet\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MozDevNet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All graphics are also available in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press-fr\/2015\/07\/23\/le-mdn-celebre-10-ans-de-documentation-sur-le-web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press-de\/2015\/07\/23\/mozilla-developer-network-feiert-10-jahriges-jubilaum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press-it\/2015\/07\/23\/mdn-festeggia-10-anni-di-documentazione-del-tuo-web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Italien<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press-es\/2015\/07\/23\/mdn-celebra-10-anos-documentando-tu-web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press-pl\/2015\/07\/23\/mdn-swietuje-10-lat-dokumentacji-twojej-sieci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polish<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Mozilla proudly celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Mozilla Developer Network, one of the richest and also one of the few multilingual resources on the Web for documentation. It started in February 2005, when a small team dedicated to the open Web took DevEdge (Netscape\u2019s developer materials) and set out to create an open, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":8964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463312,5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[306191],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MDN celebrates 10 years of documenting YOUR Web<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/mdn-celebrates-10-years-of-documenting-your-web\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" 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