1.3. Platform Concepts
Let's now turn to the nature of the Mozilla Platform itself. A software platform is a piece of software that programmers use as a stepping stone. By standing on the features of the platform (relying on the software), the task of creating high-level functionality is made easier. Programmers need not waste time making basic functionality using languages like C.
The four big stepping stones in Mozilla are XUL, JavaScript, RDF, and XPCOM. XUL is an XML dialect used to construct user interfaces, JavaScript is a scripting language with syntax akin to C, RDF is an XML dialect used to store data, and XPCOM (Cross Platform Component Object Model) is an object discovery and management system. Those four items are discussed extensively ...
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