Overview

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Mozilla Platform

Firefox, Thunderbird and many more applications are built on a common Mozilla platform. This is where you can find the rendering engine, document parsers, JavaScript interpreter and cross platform methods of interacting with the local operating system.

Mozilla Applications

Firefox is only one of many applications built on the Mozilla platform. The list of Mozilla based applications is quite long. If you want to build you own application on the platform, consider using XULRunner.

Extending

Mozilla based software is extensible through four types of add-ons: extensions, plug-ins, themes and now Jetpack. Learn how you can change the behavior of a Mozilla application without changing the code.

Embedding

Parts of Mozilla code can be separated from the platform and used inside your own applications. For instance, the Gecko rendering engine. For embedding basics and instructions visit the Embedding page at MDC.

Release engineering

A big part of getting a product like Firefox to market is the infrastructure for building and testing the code. Learn how Mozilla code is managed.

Tools used by Mozilla

Learn how to use the tools that Mozilla developers use. Using only a browser, it is possible to:

browse and search source code for all Mozilla projects
see older versions the Mozilla source code
track bugs reports and submit patches
see the status of the latest patches to the Mozilla source code
share snippets of code

Research

Learn about research and experiments. For instance, participate in developing static analysis tools, or creating experimental technology through Mozilla Labs.

Survival skills

How to get help from the community

Learn how to get help directory from other Mozilla contributors using

Wikis
Mailing lists
Blogs and Planets
IRC
Mentors

Education/ComputerScience

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