Monday 11 July 2011

Extension development tutorials:Getting Started

Here are some useful links which can help you learn the basics of developing an extension on the Mozilla platform with this section full of beginner's guides.

XUL School Tutorial
This tutorial will guide you through all the basics of add-on development, teaching you how to package them, create a suitable development environment, and program the most common features found in add-ons. It includes working code samples and the references and tools to explore all topics more in depth.

Setting Up an Extension Development Environment
This article gives suggestions on how to set up your Mozilla application for extension development, including setting up a profile, changing preferences, and helpful development tools.

Extension Bootcamp: Zero to Hello World! in 45 Minutes
In this video tutorial, Myk Melez explains how extensions integrate into Firefox, what they can do, and shows you how to set up an environment to ease their development. He'll then walk you through the making of a simple "Hello World!" extension. By the end of this session, you'll be an extension developer.


This tutorial will take you through the steps required to build a very basic extension - one which adds a status bar panel to the Firefox browser containing the text "Hello, World!"

Extension Packaging
Learn more details on how extensions are packaged and installed.

Install Manifests
This document explains install manifests "install.rdf" and all of properties available for use in your add-on.

I'll post more links which you might find useful soon. : )

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