Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by tilt » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 4:08 PM UTC

Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator
extensionizr.com

Re: Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by xcubic » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 4:55 PM UTC

Do you know what dotjs is? If you do maybe a converter from dotjs to a chrome extension would be a nice tool :)

Re: Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by tilt » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 5:15 PM UTC

xcubic wrote: post #2

Do you know what dotjs is? If you do maybe a converter from dotjs to a chrome extension would be a nice tool :)

Reference: https://github.com/defunkt/dotjs

Re: Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by swirlycheetah » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 5:53 PM UTC

There's also Yeoman generators available to help scaffold out extensions and apps:

https://github.com/yeoman/generator-chrome-extension

https://github.com/yeoman/generator-chromeapp

Re: Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by xcubic » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 5:55 PM UTC

tilt wrote: post #3

xcubic wrote: post #2

Do you know what dotjs is? If you do maybe a converter from dotjs to a chrome extension would be a nice tool :)

Reference: https://github.com/defunkt/dotjs

Exactly.

Re: Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by j_baker » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 5:57 PM UTC

Are there any tools for building cross-browser extensions? What would be really useful is a tool that can help you build a Chrome extension, Firefox extension, and Safari Extension.

Re: Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by valinor4 » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 6:01 PM UTC

j_baker wrote: post #6

Are there any tools for building cross-browser extensions? What would be really useful is a tool that can help you build a Chrome extension, Firefox extension, and Safari Extension.

http://crossrider.com/

Re: Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 6:04 PM UTC

j_baker wrote: post #6

Are there any tools for building cross-browser extensions? What would be really useful is a tool that can help you build a Chrome extension, Firefox extension, and Safari Extension.

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Re: Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by jcutrell » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

I used this to start up an extension for use internally with my company for quickly adding discussions to a Basecamp project. Definitely takes care of a lot of the basics for you. Back when I used it, some pieces weren't maintained anymore, so look out for that. (Seems like the settings interface was from a non-active project?)

Great way to get started on an extension. Would love to see this go cross-browser.

Re: Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator

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Post by Tobu » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 6:43 PM UTC

j_baker wrote: post #6

Are there any tools for building cross-browser extensions? What would be really useful is a tool that can help you build a Chrome extension, Firefox extension, and Safari Extension.

Chromium installs Greasemonkey userscripts as normal extensions (minus update support). This tool turns them into XPIs: https://arantius.com/misc/greasemonkey/script-compiler.php