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Throughout this document the term Mozilla has been used, instead of "Firefox." Mozilla, as a community and project, creates and maintains many pieces of software. Getting students involved in Mozilla can mean participation in many of these sub-projects. One of the strengths of a community and project as large as Mozilla, is that it has something to offer everyone. | Throughout this document the term Mozilla has been used, instead of "Firefox." Mozilla, as a community and project, creates and maintains many pieces of software. Getting students involved in Mozilla can mean participation in many of these sub-projects. One of the strengths of a community and project as large as Mozilla, is that it has something to offer everyone. | ||
== | ==Introduction to Mozilla Projects, Technologies, and Development Philosophies== | ||
This list is not exhaustive, but provides a good starting point for understanding the different types of work happening with Mozilla. | This list is not exhaustive, but provides a good starting point for understanding the different types of work happening with Mozilla. | ||
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* Firefox | * Firefox | ||
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* Quality Assurance | * Quality Assurance | ||
* Documentation (automatically and manually created) | * Documentation (automatically and manually created) | ||
* Automated | * Automated and other types of testing | ||
* Profiling | * Profiling | ||
* Use of lightweight web technologies where possible (e.g., JSON) | * Use of lightweight web technologies where possible (e.g., JSON) | ||
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* Parsers, VMs, Garbage Collection, and other language/run-time development issues | * Parsers, VMs, Garbage Collection, and other language/run-time development issues | ||
* Security | * Security | ||
* User Experience (UX), HCI, design | |||
* Open Standards | |||
=Resources= | =Resources= | ||