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== Improve add-ons in Firefox ==
== Improve add-ons in Firefox ==
We believe add-on development should be more like web development: the same code should run in multiple browsers according to behavior set by standards, with comprehensive documentation available from multiple vendors. To this end, the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions '''Web Extensions''' API] was [https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/08/21/the-future-of-developing-firefox-add-ons/ introduced] in Sept 2015 as the new standard for developing Add-ons.
We believe add-on development should be more like web development: the same code should run in multiple browsers according to behavior set by standards, with comprehensive documentation available from multiple vendors. To this end, the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions '''Web Extensions''' API] was [https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/category/web-extensions/ introduced] in Sept 2015 as the new standard for developing Add-ons.


Your contributions to the Web Extensions API will help give users more power than ever to shape their web experience.  
Your contributions to the Web Extensions API will help give users more power than ever to shape their web experience.  
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To help develop the APIs in Firefox, please onramp to the Firefox codebase by following [http://areweeveryoneyet.org/onramp/desktop.html this process].
To help develop the APIs in Firefox, please onramp to the Firefox codebase by following [http://areweeveryoneyet.org/onramp/desktop.html this process].
Then, pick a good first bug from [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=bug_mentor&o1=isnotempty&whiteboard_type=contains_all&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&include_fields=id&include_fields=assigned_to&include_fields=summary&include_fields=last_change_time&include_fields=component&include_fields=whiteboard&product=%20Toolkit&component=WebExtensions&list_id=12576923 this list]. If you need help, please go to the [https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/c/add-ons/contribute add-ons forum], or the #webextensions channel on irc.mozilla.org.
Then, pick a good first bug from [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=bug_mentor&o1=isnotempty&whiteboard_type=contains_all&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&include_fields=id&include_fields=assigned_to&include_fields=summary&include_fields=last_change_time&include_fields=component&include_fields=whiteboard&product=%20Toolkit&component=WebExtensions&list_id=12576923 this list]. If you need help, please go to the [https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/c/add-ons/contribute add-ons forum], or the #webextensions channel on irc.mozilla.org.
===Command Line Tool===
We're working on a command line tool to help build, run, and test web extensions. Contribute to this project [https://github.com/mozilla-jetpack/web-ext here].


===More Ways to Get Involved===
===More Ways to Get Involved===
We are working on a more comprehensive list of ways you can get involved with Web Extensions; in the meantime, you can read more about it [https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions here].
We are working on a more comprehensive list of ways you can get involved with Web Extensions. Please join the [https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-addons dev-addons mailing list] to find out the latest opportunities.


== Help Improve addons.mozilla.org (AMO) ==
== Help Improve addons.mozilla.org (AMO) ==
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