Table of contents
- How to help: contents
- Lists
- Documentation wishlist
- Editing/review to do list
- Migration list
- Guides
- Getting started
- Writer's guide
- How to document Mozilla
- Writing interface reference documentation
- Page naming guide
- Disambiguation pages
- Localizing MDC
- Copyrights and licensing
- References
- MDC formatting guide
- Custom CSS classes
- Custom templates
- External redirects
- Needs redirect
Welcome to the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN). Also known by its project name, "Devmo" (short for "DEVeloper.Mozilla.Org"), this site has been designed to be a comprehensive, usable, accurate, and valuable resource for web developers.
Please note that this wiki is for developer documentation only. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Project history
The Mozilla Developer Center (a.k.a. MDC, a.k.a. Devmo) project started in early 2005, when the Mozilla Foundation obtained a license from AOL to use the original DevEdge content. The DevEdge content was mined for still-useful material, which was then migrated by volunteers into this wiki so it would be easier to update and maintain.
Since then, the project has continued growing and now forms a central nexus for all developer documentation related to the Mozilla Project and open web technologies. In 2010, the name was changed to Mozilla Developer Network, with the addition of discussion forums; 2011 saw the addition of Demo Studio for web developers to share and show off their code, and Learning pages to provide links to tutorials. (The name MDC lives on as "MDN Doc Center" for the documentation section.) In time, it is hoped that the Mozilla Developer Network will become a resource that web designers, application developers, and extension and theme writers visit on a regular basis.
How to help
There are a number of different ways that you can help this project, all of which you can read about on the how to help page.
Site statistics
The Mozilla Developer Network site currently has 50383 articles across all languages. There are 146011 registered users.
Wiki Engine
The site uses the MindTouch collaboration software. See Special:About for details.