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==A longer detailed discussion==
Extensions allow a user to enhance their Mozilla product to meet their personal requirements without the core product being too bloated. It can be anything from a toolbar button to a small icon on the status bar to another addon to the right-click menu. Extensions can be created by anyone that has the the knowledge of the following extension-related technologies:
* XPI — Cross-Platform Installer module
* JavaScript – The primary language of Mozilla Browsers
* XUL (XML User Interface Language) – Used to define the UI (User Interface) and interaction with user.
* DOM (Document Object Model) – Used to change XUL in real-time or to edit HTML that is currently loaded
* CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
* XPCOM/XPConnect
Extensions are installed via an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPInstall XPInstall] module.
==Relevant resources==
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extensions MDC Extension Page]
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Building_an_Extension Tutorial on how to build an Extension]
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extension_Frequently_Asked_Questions Extension Frequently Asked Questions]
* [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_up_extension_development_environment Setting up extension development environment]
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extension_Packaging Extension Packaging]
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_Custom_Firefox_Extensions_with_the_Mozilla_Build_System Creating Custom Firefox Extensions with the Mozilla Build System]
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Category:Extensions Articles about Extensions]
==Examples of code or other relevent artifacts==
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extension_Code_Snippets:Tabbed_Browser Tabbed Browser code] - snippet of code to help work with Firefox's tabbed browser.
* [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Category:Example_code MozillaZine Example Code]
==Newsgroups, mailinglists, IRC channels, etc. relevant to the technology==
* [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-extensions Mailing List]
* [news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.extensions News Group]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.extensions Google Group]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.extensions/feeds Web Feed from Google Groups]
* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/%23extdev IRC Channel]
* [http://forums.mozillazine.org/?c=11 MozillaZine Forum]
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extensions:Community Extensions Community]
==Extensions==
