Hack the Hack the Hack the Hack the Hack the Hack the web web web web web web !! ! ! !! with the Add-on SDK with the Add-on SDK Matteo Ferretti jsday, May 16th, 2012 

It's not hacking, It's not hacking, It's not hacking, It's not hacking, It's not hacking, It's not hacking, it's 'Personalization' it's 'Personalization' it's 'Personalization' it's 'Personalization' it's 'Personalization' it's 'Personalization' ...although hacking sounds cooler. ...although hacking sounds cooler. 

Simple, powerful Simple, powerful 'personalization' 'personalization' 'personalization' 'personalization' 'personalization' 'personalization' is a key feature is a key feature is a key feature is a key feature is a key feature is a key feature of the Add-on SDK of the Add-on SDK 

A new way to develop Add-ons ✔ Command-line tool for testing, running, packaging ✔ Test framework ✔ Modular development via CommonJS ✔ A growing collection of community- contributed modules 

you can you can Reuse your skills Reuse your skills Reuse your skills Reuse your skills Reuse your skills Reuse your skills No need to learn new things No need to learn new things 

Page-Mod Page-Mod Page-Mod Page-Mod Page-Mod Page-Mod ...or 'Styling the web' ...or 'Styling the web' 

Content Style Content Style Content Style Content Style Content Style Content Style and and Content Script Content Script Content Script 

Content Scripts ✔ Are attached to the HTML Document ✔ Can interact with the DOM ✔ Are isolated ✔ Are protected from page's script 

Simplest possible example Simplest possible example Open in C9 Open in C9 Open in C9 Open in C9 Open in C9 Open in C9 

But wait, there's more! ✔ Integrate with the Firefox UI: panels, widgets, preferences, context-menu, tabs ✔ Crossdomain requests, notifications, clipboard ✔ Access to the entire Mozilla Platform through XPCOM & jsm ✔ l10n for HTML content 

Mobile Support Mobile Support Mobile Support Mobile Support Mobile Support Mobile Support 

Serious examples BrowserID Firefox Share 1Password over 400 more on addons.mozilla.org 

Collusion Collusion Collusion Collusion Collusion Collusion They track you They track you 

Questions? Questions? Questions? Questions? Questions? Questions? 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! If you have any questions feel free to grab me, or bug me on Twitter! @ZER0 We're on IRC: #jetpack on irc.mozilla.org