This could be layman question. I use the postman application which i got from the chrome extension. It was soo good. I really want to know in which language it is written? Is it written completely in javascript and packaged using some tools like cardova? Or any native language is used?
It is a "chrome app" written in HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
About Chrome apps
Google through Chrome allows this application to run in a native container that work on any operating system example: Mac OS, Linux.
In order to publish the app , developers can package and upload the app source files to chrome web store. refer the link for further details
Check the Postman Legacy Repo which is available in GitHub.
https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-chrome-extension-legacy/tree/develop/chrome
They used the following technologies
JS Framework: AngularJS
CSS Framework: Bootstrap
Template Engine: Handlebar
DOM: jQuery, jQuery UI and many more jQuery Plugins.
Other: vkBeautify, Underscore and many more.
In General about Chrome Extension. This is chrome plugin which is built with manifest.json (Configuration file) and Chrome API.
You can include your HTML, JS and other JS Library or Framework as per your Extension Scope.
How to build the Chrome Plugin ?
1. Enable Developer Mode
2. Load your extension
Finally once you are done with extension development, you can pack it as CRX file to upload it to Chrome Web Store through pack extension button
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I want to load a Chrome extension in a CefSharp browser.
I know that extensions are different in CefSharp.
I'm using the CefSharp example in the official github to try load my extension.
I have the set_color extension as an example from CefSharp, but it's not a background extension.
My extension requires to be in background with the manifest key "background".
How can I do this ? How can I load my background extension in CefSharp ?
I haven't seen web requests or web navigation API in the API list of CefSharp JS.
Is the list updated ? Or is there another way to have these API events ?
Thanks in advance.
Right now I have a Chrome Web Store extension written in JavaScript with JQuery and AngularJS code. I want to publish it also in GSuite Marketplace. Does it support such kind of applications?
As far as I see it has only Cards with simple HTML forms and Apps Script instead of the JavaScript.
As per documentation there are 2 kinds of add-ons:
Workspace add-on
Editor add-on
Editor add-on actually use HTML and CSS on a sidebar or dialogs as opposed to the card system. That may be what you are looking for.
I'm writing an extension.
A part of this extension contains an html page.
I'd call that page, also as a Google Apps,
inserting an icon between applications of chrome.
It's possible create a manifest file to integrate the chrome app with chrome extension?
No. You'd create both an app an an extension, then encourage the user to install both if you detected that one wasn't installed.
There is an outstanding feature request to allow bundled installations of multiple apps/extensions.
I am looking for a sample project that would compile a chrome and firefox extension that would run some JavaScript code after a page is loaded.
I already wrote a Chrome extension that does this, but I am looking for something cross-browser, that would allow me to build the same extension for Chrome and Firefox.
If this would also allow me to publish the extensions it would be great.
You may refer this link http://www.extensionfactory.com/labs/conversion/
Here you can get firefox extension by submitting chrome extension.
With the Crossrider's framework you can build a cross-browser extension using only one code base that will work on Chrome, Firefox and also Internet Explorer and Safari.
So, with only using javascript single code base and the Crossrider API you can easily build your first cross-browser extension in no time.
(Disclosure: I work at Crossrider)
I am a web developer looking to build a browser extension. What is the best way to build browser extensions using web technologies (HTML, Javsacript, etc). We are targeting IE and Firefox only. Can IE browser toolbars be created using HTML/Javascript?
There is a bit of confusion here. Your question title says you are looking to develop a "Browser Toolbar", but in the question body itself you are asking about "Browser Extensions".
Its important to understand that in general Browser Toolbars are a subset of a Browser Extension. If you are indeed looking though to develop a Cross Browser Extension and not a toolbar I would really recommend the use of Crossrider - a development framework for cross-browser extensions.
They do not allow you develop toolbars, but they do have an online IDE and an extensive API to build cross-browser extensions for Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Safari with basic knowledge of JavaScript and jQuery.
Have a look at this article where they discuss using HTML and Javascript to build an extension for firefox.