API & Language References

The official documentation on APIs and languages. What you need, when you need it, to create your masterpiece.

XUL: Defining User Interfaces

• XUL Overview via Mozilla Developer Center

  XUL (XML User Interface Language) is Mozilla's XML-based language that lets you build feature-rich cross platform applications that can run connected or disconnected from the Internet.

• XUL Reference via Mozilla Developer Center

  A list of all available XUL elements.

• XUL Controls List via Mozilla Developer Center

  A description of many available XUL controls, including screenshots.

JavaScript: Specifying Behavior

• JavaScript Overview via Mozilla Developer Center

  JavaScript is a small, lightweight, object-oriented, cross-platform scripting language.

• Gecko JavaScript Language Reference via Mozilla Developer Center

  Mozilla Developer Center's JavaScript documentation, including functions, statements, properties, and more.

• JavaScript Style Guide via Mozilla Developer Center

  Mozilla's JavaScript coding standards.

CSS: Adding Visual Effects

• CSS Overview via Mozilla Developer Center

  Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in HTML or XML and is used to style a XUL-based application's user interface.

• Gecko CSS Reference via Mozilla Developer Center

  Mozilla Developer Center's CSS documentation, listing all available properties, values, and selectors.

• W3C CSS Homepage via World Wide Web Consortium

  Find CSS news, specifications, and tools at the W3C's CSS homepage.

FUEL: Easier Extension Development

• FUEL API via Mozilla Developer Center

  FUEL is a JavaScript library designed to help developers build extensions using terminology and interfaces that are familiar to them.

• STEEL API via Mozilla Developer Center

  STEEL is the Scriptable Thunderbird Easy Extension Library. It is a FUEL-like set of interfaces to facilitate Thunderbird extension development.

• SMILE API via Mozilla Developer Center

  SMILE is a FUEL-like set of interfaces to facilitate SeaMonkey extension development.

XPCOM: Cross-Platform Components

• XPCOM Overview via Mozilla Developer Center

  XPCOM is a cross-platform component object model with multiple language bindings, letting the XPCOM components be used and implemented in JavaScript, Java, and Python in addition to C++.

• XPCOM Reference via Mozilla Developer Center

  Mozilla Developer Center's XPCOM API documentation, listing frozen interfaces and functions.

DOM: Interacting with Content

• DOM Overview via Mozilla Developer Center

  The Document Object Model (DOM) is an API for HTML and XML documents. It provides a structural representation of the document, enabling you to modify its content and visual presentation.

• Gecko DOM Reference via Mozilla Developer Center

  Mozilla Developer Center's DOM API documentation