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Note that if you want to change the background image all you have to do is check in a new background.png file, and no changes to the <code>dsstore</code> file will be necessary. The most likely changes someone will need to make to the <code>dsstore</code> file in the future will be to window size and/or location. | Note that if you want to change the background image all you have to do is check in a new background.png file, and no changes to the <code>dsstore</code> file will be necessary. The most likely changes someone will need to make to the <code>dsstore</code> file in the future will be to window size and/or location. | ||
== Development Help == | |||
=== Web Sites === | |||
There are a number of web sites out there for learning about the Mozilla platform and technologies. Here are some that may be helpful. | |||
The [http://developer.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Developer Center] contains lots of articles and references on all things Mozilla. In particular the section on [http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/XUL XUL]is useful for extension developers. | |||
[http://www.xulplanet.com XUL Planet] has full references for XUL, DOM, and XPCOM, as well as tutorials and guides. | |||
[http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsqueryform.cgi Bonsai] is a web query mechanism in to the Mozilla CVS source code depot. Here's a [http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsquery.cgi?treeid=default&module=all&branch=HEAD&branchtype=match&dir=mozilla%2Fpenelope&file=&filetype=match&sortby=Date&date=all&cvsroot=%2Fcvsroot query] that will show you all Penelope changes. | |||
The Mozilla Cross Reference (or mxr) provides both an [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ indexed search engine] and a [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/ source browser] to the Mozilla code base. Here you can browse the [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/penelope/ Penelope source code]. | |||
=== Tools === | |||
Here's some downloadable tools you can install to aide in the development process. | |||
The [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/216 Venkman JavaScript debbuger] is essential as a debugging tool to step through JavaScript code and look at variables while running. For more info see the [http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Venkman Venkman page on MDC]. | |||
[http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/DOM_Inspector DOM Inspector] allows you to browse and edit the document object model tree of UI elements. You can download it [https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/1806 here], but it only works for 2.0 versions of Thunderbird, not trunk versions. | |||
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4453 Chrome List] lets you browse the chrome in an app. | |||
The [http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/extensiondev Extension Developer's Extension] holds a number of handy developer tools. | |||