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== Existing Projects ==
== Existing Projects ==
=== XulApp ===
=== XulApp ===
Peter?
Project owner: Peter Wilson - single developer.
The project is hosted on xulapp.mozdev.org
 
The orginal XulApp version was a prototpye incorporating a Project Explorer and drag and drop form designer. I also experimented with various forms of source and xml editors. This was originally developed in 2002. For several reasons the project went into hibernation. I have recently posted a  revised version - minus bit rot.
 
A new version is now under development. This will be a complete redesign based as an XulRunner application. It is being designed in a modular fashion using FF extensions.
 
I am aiming for an extensible Project Explorer which can launch any number of installed tools. I am also hoping to integrate the Explorer with the Subversion source control system.
 
Currently, I have the IDE shell, project creation and project explorer working. I expect to upload some results within the next few days.
 
Also part of this development is a new Javascript library called XaLib.
This includes the usual stuff, but also some new goodies:
1. File/Directory/Zip handling in a unified manner.
2. A SPARQL RDF query engine.
3. A RDFTemplate processor which can convert Javascript objects into RDF. This can also be used in conjunction with item 2.
4. A mru widget to implement most recently used file menu handling.
5. A really simple way to access widgets from JS. Goodbye to getElementById.
6. UUID generator (type 1, random node).


=== MozCreator ===
=== MozCreator ===
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