New Mozilla Book Release

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE			
									
PRENTICE HALL PTR ANNOUNCES NEW OPEN SOURCE BOOK: 
RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT WITH MOZILLA(tm)
 
Mozilla Expert Nigel McFarlane Authors Critical Guide for Programmers &
Web Developers

Upper Saddle River, NJ (December 2, 2003) - Prentice Hall PTR, the leading
publisher of advanced technology books, announces the publication of "Rapid
Application Development with Mozilla", (ISBN 0-13-142343-6), a
comprehensive book which presents and instructs on Mozilla's XML User
interface Language (XUL) and its library of more than 1,000 pre-built
objects, while demonstrating the power of Mozilla to create cross-platform,
web-enabled applications. A sample application- the NoteTaker Web browser
add-on- is developed throughout the book.

The book begins with a detailed introduction to Mozilla fundamentals, then
proceeds to cover topics such as: descriptions of Mozilla tools (XUL, XBL
and XPCOM); the RDF data format and its interactions with XUL; integration
tips for Windows and Mac systems; code listings; hundreds of screen shots
and assistance with deploying finished applications.

As a special feature, Author McFarlane develops a sample application
throughout the book: known as the NoteTaker Web browser add-on, this memory
and commentary tool (upon installation within a browser), allows a user to
add notes to any web page.

"Rapid Application Development with Mozilla" is part of the Prentice Hall
PTR Bruce Perens' Open Source Series, edited by open source evangelist and
developer Bruce Perens. This Series includes books on Linux and other open
source technologies, including new and emerging technologies. Each book in
the Series is published under the Open Publication License, an open
source-compatible book license.

Concurrent with the OPL, the contents of this book will be released to the
public several months after its publication date. Visit
www.phptr.com/perens to view source code for previously published Series
books.

About the Author:

Nigel McFarlane is the author of many articles on web, XML, JavaScript and
other technologies. A resident of Melbourne, Australia, he is also author
of books, Instant JavaScript and principal author of Professional
JavaScript.
 

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