Mozilla extension Development Environment Settings

I. Build a Development Environment

 
Before you start development, you must first build the environment required for extension development. Firefox sets the user's personal information, including settings,
 

 
All installed extensions are saved in a profile. By default, the profile named default is used. By creating
 

 
The profile used for development does not affect normal use or personal information.
 

 
Create a profile:
 

 
Step: 1. Enter cmd in the Start Menu
 

 
2. Start "% ProgramFiles % \ Mozilla Firefox \ firefox.exe"-no-remote-P Dev
 

 
3. To create a configuration file, just write a name and the next step is OK.
 

 
4. After the creation is complete, start Firefox.
 

 
Ii. Install the Firefox plug-in
 

 
The plug-ins include Venkman, extension developer's extension, console2, chrome list, execute JS, xpcomviewer, and
 

 
Firebug
For more development help plug-ins, see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Setting_up_extension_development_environment
 

 
Installation Method:
 

 
Get plug-ins
 

 
3. Configure Firefox Parameters
 

 
Enter: About: config in the address bar.
 

 
Javascript. Options. showinconsole = true // display JavaScript error information on the error Console
 

 
Javascript. Options. Strict = true // enable strict JavaScript warning information on the error Console
 

 
Refer to another articleArticleIn
 

 
Http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/web/wa-lo-firefox-ext/index.html
 

 the following two parameters cannot be found in about: config. You need to set them in c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ Administrator \ Application Data \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ profiles \ rbl3tisg. dev 
  User. in the JS  file, if the file does not exist, create it, but the file will not be available in Versions later than Firefox 3.0. Use prefs. the JS file is replaced by 
 Add 
 
 user_pref ("nglayout. debug. disable_xul_cache ", true); 
 
 
 // disable XUL cache, therefore, you do not need to reload the XUL file to modify the window and dialog box 
 
 user_pref ("browser. dom. window. dump. enabled ", true); 
 
 // allow dump () statements to output information to the standard console 
 
 the basic development environment has been set up. 
 See 
 https://developer.mozilla.org/cn/Setting_up_extension_development_environment 
 
 it is best to create a shortcut on the desktop: 
 
 directory: 
 
 "C: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox \ firefox.exe "-no-remote-P" Dev "