Extension Development for Mozilla
This page will show you how to get started developing your own extensions for Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and other Gecko based clients
Using the extension development kit
To make life a lot easier I've developed a small extension kit which will help you get started developing you own extension
Download the extension development kit
Using ANT
To compile your extension into a XPI file you need the following tools:
First you need to verify that your ant installation works. Run the following command.
Customize
Now you can already compile your first extension. Run the following command.
This you end up with a test.xpi file in the current directory
Possible ANT actions
Do see what ANT actions you can do run the following command.
Slides
Slides from my Danish presentation can be downloaded here in the following formats:
