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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.


==Quick Introduction to Mozilla Projects and Products==
==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 Testing, Unit Testing
* 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=
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