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Building Browser Extension

Get Started with Cross Browser WebExtension Development.

Learn to Customize your browser using simple Javascript API's

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In this book, we can learn about Cross Browser WebExtension Development. The browser is awesome software available in each and every computer (including Mobile). The browser will help us to connect with our favorite website faster. But browser without customization feels like people living without great taste. Yes, Browser customization is very important, it gives us the capability to see and use our browser in a more beautiful and faster manner.

This book is targeted for developers who have basic HTML, CSS and JS skills. With this minimum skill set, we can do wonders. We can build new Adblock plus, Grammarly also. This book will help you to get started with WebExtension development for the Desktop browser.

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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Viswaprasath

I am viswaprasath (VP7), Mozilla Contributor for past 5 years. Started contributing to Mozilla's Firefox OS Marketplace team as Senior Firefox OS app reviewer. Jumped to evangelize Firefox OS apps and Cross Browser extension development, I also contribute as Mozilla TechSpeaker where I visit college, tech meetups, conference to share my technical knowledge and my passion towards Rust programming language and Browser Extension development.


This is the very first book written by me, and this book is targeted for audience who would like to get started with WebExtension Development. It will be great if this free book reaches all the interested folks.

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