Guide me on the appropriate technologies to learn to start developing Mozilla firefox addons & later addons for Songbird & Thunderbird.
What all technologies and softwares are needed. I use ubuntu 9.10 64 bit.
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Which type of addons?
- Extensions: JavaScript and XUL. You can get started here.
- Plugins: NPAPI, the Gecko Plugin API. You can read the complete guide here.
There is a nice wizard for generating extension skeletons.
Basiclly, if you are using this wizard, you will need to know primarly JavaScript.
Sagi
2010-02-25 22:51:24
Like I want to add a item in right click context menu which "adds current page to GOOGLE BOOKMARKS".
shadyabhi
2010-02-25 22:54:56
So you want to write an extension. Read the article in my first link and use the wizard to generate a skeleton. Then you will need some basic JavaScript to achieve what you need.
Sagi
2010-02-25 22:56:44
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The best way to start is to go the Mozilla Extensions (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extensions) page and see what interests you.
For building addons (called Extensions on Mozilla) you can see the page here (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Building_an_Extension) where it shows you in details how to create a Hello World extension.
There's an extensive tutorial here: http://www.rietta.com/firefox/index.html
For more, visit Mozilla Extension page.
The Elite Gentleman
2010-02-25 22:53:37
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If you're trying to write a Firefox extension, here's a post on mozilla's blog about that : How to develop a Firefox extension
Maybe this tutorial can help, too : How to create Firefox extensions (It's a bit old, though...)
Pascal MARTIN
2010-02-25 22:54:02