Pro FireFox Extension and Application Developer
Published on 1. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
600 pages
978-1-59059-536-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Firefox web browser is really the first open source project to capture the attention of the consumer market, with an average of 250,000 copies downloaded daily. Much of the attraction has to do with the fact that Firefox is extensible; that is users can create custom features that extend Firefox's capabilities. Examples of such features include RSS readers, weather reporting tools, and popup blockers. This ability to incorporate additional Web-related features into a single application provides users with a newfound level of convenience for interacting with the Web.
Pro Firefox Extension and Application Development is the first book that shows readers how to extend Firefox's capabilities using JavaScript, the eXtensible User-Interface Language, XForms, and other key technologies. Readers are introduced to these technologies and learn how to take full advantage of them by building useful example applications and extensions. By the book's conclusion, readers will be ready to build next-generation Web applications using this exciting platform.
Apress will also be donating a portion of the profits to the Mozilla organization.
Pro Firefox Extension and Application Development is the first book that shows readers how to extend Firefox's capabilities using JavaScript, the eXtensible User-Interface Language, XForms, and other key technologies. Readers are introduced to these technologies and learn how to take full advantage of them by building useful example applications and extensions. By the book's conclusion, readers will be ready to build next-generation Web applications using this exciting platform.
Apress will also be donating a portion of the profits to the Mozilla organization.
More details
Edition
2007 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Popular/general
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59059-536-7 (9781590595367)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Kurt Cagle is an author and developer specializing in XML-based technologies. He has written 13 books on topics as diverse as SVG, SOAP, XSLT, XHTML, XML and Data Integration, Schemas, and XML DOM programming in Microsoft and Java environments ( such as Professional XSL, Wrox, 1-86100-357-9) He is also president of Cagle Communications, a consulting company located in Olympia, Washington, with a web presence at http://www.kurtcagle.net.
Content
Part I Firefox: An Overview.- Part II. Firefox as Web Browser; The Power of CSS; Jamming with Javascript; Firefox: The XML Browser.- Part III. Firefox Application Languages; There Is Only XUL! Building Components with XBL; Scalable Vector Graphics; XForms; XPCOM Objects and XTF; Enterprise Level Applications with Mozilla; Creating a Blog Editor (Bleditor).- Part IV. Appendices; Useful Extensions; Mozilla CSS Extensions; W3C XML DOM; XUL Elements and Attributes; XForms Elements and Attributes; XBL Elements and Attributes; XPCOM Interfaces.