firefox扩展开发之一 建立开发环境

创建开发的profile:
Ubuntu:

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/usr/bin/firefox -no-remote -P dev

Linux其他发行版:

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/usr/local/bin/firefox -no-remote -P dev

Mac:

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/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -no-remote -P dev &

On Windows:

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Start -> Run "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -P dev

如果没有则根据wizard创建一个新的profile。
在地址栏输入about:config，配置一些开发环境的选项：

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javascript.options.showInConsole = true
nglayout.debug.disable_xul_cache = true
browser.dom.window.dump.enabled = true
javascript.options.strict = true
extensions.logging.enabled = true
dom.report_all_js_exceptions = true

firefox扩展开发工具：

 

• DOM Inspector ,  used to inspect and edit the live DOM of any web document or XUL application (Firefox and Thunderbird)
• Venkman , a JavaScript Debugger (Firefox version , Thunderbird version )
• Extension Developer's Extension a suite of tools for extension development (Firefox)
• Console² enhanced JavaScript console (Firefox version , Thunderbird version )
• Chrome List navigate and view files in chrome:// (Firefox version , Thunderbird version )
• Chrome Edit Plus  a user file editor (Firefox and Thunderbird)
• Extension Wizard a web-based application that generates an extension skeleton (Firefox and Thunderbird)
• Firebug a variety of development tools (Firefox)
• Chromebug combines elements of a JavaScript debugger and DOM (Firefox, "kinda works for Thunderbird")
• MozRepl explore and modify Firefox and other Mozilla apps while they run (Firefox and Thunderbird)
• ExecuteJS an enhanced JavaScript console (Firefox version , Thunderbird version )
• XPCOMViewer an XPCOM inspector (Firefox and Thunderbird)
• JavaScript shells to test snippets of JavaScript (Firefox and Thunderbird)
• SQLite Manager to manage the SQLite database (Firefox and Thunderbird)
• ViewAbout enables access to various about: dialogs from the View menu (Firefox version , Thunderbird version )
• Crash Me Now! useful for testing debug symbols and the crash reporting system (Firefox and Thunderbird)