OReilly Programming Firefox Apr 2007 eBook BBL

Programming Firefox: Building Rich Internet Applications with XUL (c) by

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

The type of the release is: eBook

In the PDF format with ISBN: 0596102437 and Pub Date: April 25, 2007

The size of the release is: 03 disks x 1.44mb

And released on: 08/20/2007

This is your guide to building Internet applications and user interfaces

with the Mozilla component framework, which is best known for the

Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client. Programming Firefox

demonstrates how to use the XML User Interface Language (XUL) with open

source tools in the framework's Cross-Platform Component (XPCOM) library

to develop a variety of projects, such as commercial web applications

and Firefox extensions. This book serves as both a programmer's

reference and an in-depth tutorial, so not only do you get a

comprehensive look at XUL's capabilities--from simple interface design

to complex, multitier applications with real-time operations--but you

also learn how to build a complete working application with XUL. If

you're coming from a Java or .NET environment, you'll be amazed at how

quickly large-scale applications can be constructed with XPCOM and XUL.

Topics in Programming Firefox include:

- An overview of Firefox technology

- An introduction to the graphical elements that compose a XUL

application

- Firefox development tools and the process used to design and build

applications

- Managing an application with multiple content areas

- Introduction to Resource Description Files, and how the Firefox

interface renders RDF

- Manipulating XHTML with JavaScript

- Displaying documents using the Scalable Vector Graphics standard and

HTML Canvas

- The XML Binding Language and interface overlays to extend Firefox

- Implementing the next-generation forms interface through XForms

Programming Firefox is ideal for the designer or developer charged with

delivering innovative standards-based Internet applications, whether

they're web server applications or Internet-enabled desktop

applications. It's not just a how-to book, but a what-if exploration

that encourages you to push the envelope of the Internet experience.

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