Wednesday 20 July 2011

How to make a Firefox add-on tutorial:extension development:Advanced Topics

Video:
Stupid/Awesome Extension Development Hacks
In this video, Jono Xia explains how to go further in extension development using XPCOM, overlays, XHRs, DOM manipulation, etc. in order to make Firefox do things you might have never thought possible.

JavaScript Code Modules
JavaScript code modules let multiple privileged JavaScript scopes share code. For example, a module could be used by Firefox itself as well as by extensions, in order to avoid code duplication.

Creating Custom Firefox Extensions with the Mozilla Build System
This article describes how to set up the development environment for a large, complex Firefox extension with a need for high-performance, use of third-party libraries in C/C++, or interfaces not exposed via XPCOM.

Multiple Item Packaging
This article explains how to create an extension package with multiple items "extensions".

Extension Documentation Index
If you can't find what you're looking for in the above articles, try the Mozilla Developer Center's Extensions landing page.













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