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*'''Speaker''': Siddharth Agarwal | *'''Speaker''': Siddharth Agarwal | ||
*'''Time''': 14:45, Sunday 20 November, in | *'''Time''': 14:45, Sunday 20 November, in Chill-Out Room | ||
*'''Duration''': 45 minutes | *'''Duration''': 45 minutes | ||
Revision as of 09:00, 17 November 2011
Building Your First Thunderbird Extension
- Speaker: Siddharth Agarwal
- Time: 14:45, Sunday 20 November, in Chill-Out Room
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Summary: Web developer but haven't built Mozilla extensions? Veteran Firefox extension developer looking to develop extensions for Thunderbird as well? Thunderbird offers a powerful platform for extensions, and there are plenty of opportunities for you to make your mark. We'll look at the application's general architecture and APIs for common tasks: opening tabs, examining messages and performing global queries using the powerful global database and search engine. Some knowledge of HTML and JavaScript is presumed but everybody's welcome to join in.
- If you're interested in following the demos on your own laptop, please
- install Thunderbird 8
- download the demo profile and extension
- for best results, install the latest versions of either Git or Mercurial if you don't already have them
The demo extensions are also available on Bitbucket and GitHub.
- Presentation slides (to provide after you talk): beta version (PDF), beta version (PowerPoint)
- Ideal audience size: 15-20
- Equipment needs (video projector already included):
- Submit a question for the speaker here: Etherpad