Links
To facilitate your work with Rapid Application Development with Mozilla, below please find links to Web-based resources on technologies and standards mentioned in the book.
- ActiveState
- ActiveState produces integrated development environment (IDE) tools for software developers. Their Komodo product is based on the Mozilla platform.
- ebXML
- ebXML (Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language), is a modular suite of specifications that enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet.
- Ecma International
- Ecma International facilitates the timely creation of a wide range of global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE) standards. From ECMA, you can download the ECMA-262 ECMAScript standard (this is the JavaScript standard).
- Fontconfig
- Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font access. You will find here an explanation of the basics of the Xft font-serving system. Fontconfig is part of freedesktop.org, a free software project to work on interoperability and shared technology for desktop environments for the X Window System.
- mozdev.org
- Mozdev.org is a software development community dedicated to making quality applications and extensions freely available to all computer users. Areas on the site referenced in the text include:
- Mozilla
- Mozilla is a generic term for a cluster of technologies, just as Java and .NET are. Other terms are also used for products and technologies within that cluster. Mozilla's home on the Web is still referred to casually as mozilla.org. Areas on the site referenced in the text include:
- Netscape DevEdge
- Extensive forum for developers that focusses on the use of web standards for accessibility, maintainability, and user interaction.
- Nigel McFarlane - Technology in Your Terms
- Author Nigel McFarlane's Web site. On the site you will find his support page for Rapid Application Development with Mozilla, including the latest updates and errata.
- OEone
- OEone produces products intended to make personal computers easily useable by novices. Their OEone HomeBase product is a custom combination of Linux and an enhanced version of the Mozilla platform called Penzilla. It provides a complete system for interacting with a computer.
- PURL
- A PURL (Persistent Uniform Resource Locator) is functionally a URL. PURLs persist indefinitely, and as long as they do, all instances of such PURLs (for example, links in a Web document or a bibliographic record) remain valid. PURL is a project of OCLC Research, one of the world's leading centers devoted exclusively to the challenges facing libraries in a rapidly changing information technology environment.
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. From W3C, download all of these standards: CSS2, CSS2.1, XML 1.0, XHTML 1.0, DOM 1 all parts, DOM 2 all parts, DOM 3 all parts, and RDF. These standards are nearly all available in high-quality PDF files and can be viewed electronically with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- X.Org
- X.Org is the worldwide consortium empowered with the stewardship and collaborative development of the X Window System technology and standards.
