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XUL
- Creating Toolbar Buttons
- Adding items to menus with overlays (talks about browser's context menu too)
- Creating dialog windows with XUL
Javascript
Commonly used techniques
- Using preferences. For the basics, see also the article on XulPlanet.
- How to log debug information to JavaScript Console.
XPCOM
- Performing file IO
- Using observers for cross-window notifications
- Running other applications
- Using file choosers (Open, Save, Select Directory dialogs)
Other
Techniques
- Differential Inheritance in JavaScript using __proto__