{"id":4358,"date":"2012-02-22T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T23:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2012-02-22T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T23:31:00","slug":"add-on-builder-1-0-is-ready-for-liftoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2012\/02\/22\/add-on-builder-1-0-is-ready-for-liftoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Add-on Builder 1.0 is Ready for Liftoff!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a year in incubation we&#8217;re ready to remove the beta tag from the Add-on Builder! For those of you who are unfamiliar with this fantastic tool, Add-on Builder is an online development environment that allows developers with knowledge of HTML, JavaScipt and CSS to rapidly create add-ons for Firefox using the Mozilla Add-on SDK. You can think of it as the jsFiddle of add-on development and debugging.<\/p>\n<p>Add-on Builder leverages the Add-on SDK to produce add-ons that users can install without restarting Firefox. In addition, add-ons created with Add-on Builder are automatically repackaged with Add-on SDK updates &#8211; which ensures that Builder-based add-ons will continue to work for users without interruption, regardless of Firefox API changes.<\/p>\n<p>Add-on Builder provides many features specifically tailored to help add-on authors develop add-ons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a simple online interface for writing your code<\/li>\n<li>live, one-click add-on testing<\/li>\n<li>access to a repository of third-party add-on libraries<\/li>\n<li>jsFiddle-like sharing and collaboration<\/li>\n<li>instant upgrade options for new versions of the Add-on SDK<\/li>\n<li>integrated features for publishing to <a href=\"http:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\">addons.mozilla.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t yet developed an add-on for Firefox, we suggest you give the <a href=\"http:\/\/builder.addons.mozilla.org\/\">Add-on Builder<\/a> a try. With a simple interface and many helpful tools, it truly is the quickest, easiest way to create add-ons for Firefox!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a year in incubation we&#8217;re ready to remove the beta tag from the Add-on Builder! 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