How to modify source code without re-running cfx and Firefox when debugging an SDK add-on？

Question

I\'m developing a Firefox add-on using Add-on SDK. Up to now, I must close debug process and execute \"cfx run\" after I modified my source code.

So I would like to

Answer 1

I am a huge fan of Wladimir Palant's 'Extension Auto-Installer' add-on:

• blog post: http://adblockplus.org/blog/faster-extension-development-cycle-install-changes-automatically
• AMO link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autoinstaller/

Once this is installed and configured in Firefox, you can create a shell script to reduce the typing overhead:

#!/bin/bash

# quick script to build the xpi and pass it on to the
# extension auto-installer extension running on port 8888

/path/to/addon-sdk/bin/cfx xpi && wget --post-file=add-on-name.xpi http://127.0.0.1:8888/

Every time you run the script, wget posts the freshly built xpi to firefox, which then installs it.