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<p>This project hosts the ongoing development for O'Reilly's <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mozilla/">Creating Applications with |
<p>This project hosts the ongoing development for O'Reilly's <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mozilla/">Creating Applications with |
Mozilla</a> book. In order to keep all of the information updated and current with the latest developments in the Mozilla community, the contents | Mozilla</a> book. In order to keep all of the information updated and current with the latest developments in the Mozilla community, the |
of the book have been made freely available under the <a href="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/">Open Public License</a>. | contents of the book have been made freely available under the <a href="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/">Open Publication License</a>. |
| If you have any thoughts, comments or suggestions for the book, please feel free to send a message to our <a |
| href="http://books.mozdev.org/list.html">mailing list</a>. |
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<p><b>Summary</b> |
<p><b>Summary</b> |
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<p><img src="screenshots/mozilla_web_apps_comp_small.gif" align="right" hspace=5 | <p><img src="screenshots/mozilla_web_apps_comp_small.gif" align="right" hspace=5 border=0>Mozilla is not just a Web browser. Mozilla is |
border=0>Mozilla is not just a Web browser. Mozilla is also a framework for | also a framework for building cross-platform applications using standards such as CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), XML languages such as XUL |
building cross-platform applications using standards such as CSS | (XML-based User-interface Language), XBL (eXtensible Binding Language), and RDF (Resource Description Framework), as well as Gecko, |
(Cascading Style Sheets), XML languages such as XUL (XML-based | Mozilla's rendering engine, and other technologies. |
User-interface Language), XBL (eXtensible Binding Language), and RDF | |
(Resource Description Framework), as well as Gecko, Mozilla's rendering | <p>The Mozilla development framework also makes use of programming languages such as JavaScript, C++, C, Python, and IDL (Interface |
engine, and other technologies. | Definition Language), plus framework technologies such as XPConnect and XPCOM, Mozilla's component model. |
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<p>The Mozilla development framework also makes use of programming | <p>In addition to Netscape's Mozilla-based browsers (Netscape 6.x and 7.x), the Mozilla framework has been used to create other browsers |
languages such as JavaScript, C++, C, Python, and IDL (Interface | such as Galeon and Chimera, and chat clients such as ChatZilla and JabberZilla. Developers have also used Mozilla to create development |
Definition Language), plus framework technologies such as XPConnect and | tools, browser enhancements, and games, as well as many other types of add-ons and applications. |
XPCOM, Mozilla's component model. | |
| <p>This book explains how applications are created with Mozilla and provides step-by-step information about how you can create your own |
<p>In addition to Netscape's Mozilla-based browsers (Netscape 6.x and | programs using Mozilla's powerful cross-platform development framework. This book also includes examples of many different types of |
7.x), the Mozilla framework has been used to create other browsers such as | existing applications to demonstrate some of the possibilities of Mozilla development. |
Galeon and Chimera, and chat clients such as ChatZilla and JabberZilla. | |
Developers have also used Mozilla to create development tools, browser | |
enhancements, and games, as well as many other types of add-ons and | |
applications. | |
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<p>This book explains how applications are created with Mozilla and | |
provides step-by-step information about how you can create your own | |
programs using Mozilla's powerful cross-platform development framework. | |
This book also includes examples of many different types of existing | |
applications to demonstrate some of the possibilities of Mozilla | |
development. | |