The goal of this repository is to provide examples in order to better "weather" the transition to Thunderbird's new extension structure. The new paradigm follows the WebExtension standard followed by most browsers these days.
Obviously Thunderbird has different requirements from a browser extension even if Thunderbird relies and is based on Mozilla's Gecko core framework. Focus will be on the differences and transition issues. The new structure adapted to Thunderbird is termed MailExtension.
To get started with MailExtensions, we suggest to check out these resources first:
- Comparison between XUL/XPCOM Extensions and WebExtensions
- Thunderbird Add-On Developer Guide
- MailExtension API Documentation
The approach I have taken is not so much a tutorial, but rather a set of references including working examples and other transition information. Hopefully this approach will help both new and seasoned developers. For both, pointers to other tutorials or related documentation is also included.