Programming Firefox: Building Applications in the Browser
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Depending on what you plan on learning, "Programming Firefox" can provide for several different needs. XML technologies are hot, hot, hot these days and Firefox utilizes the XML User Interface Language or XUL (Pronounced "zool"...reminds me of the film "Ghostbusters", "There is no Dana, only XUL", but I digress). Perhaps that's enough to get your attention, but there's more. The text on the book's back cover promises in part to provide an "introduction to the graphical elements that compose a XUL application", "an introduction to Resource Description Files, and how the Firefox interface renders RDF", "displaying documents using the Scalable Vector Graphics standard and..." Well, you get the idea. Let's take a closer look and see what this text actually delivers.
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According to the "Intended Audience" section in the front matter, "This book is intended for
designers and developers charged with delivering innovative standards-based Internet applications".
The description goes on to say in essence that the book covers technologies such as PHP, XML,
XUL, and XHTML and it certainly more than implies that experience in those areas will be helpful to
the reader in getting the maximum benefit from this book. Full Story |
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