Getting Started with Chrome Extensions: Tips and Tricks @ Kansas City Developer Conference

You’ve seen Chrome extensions in the wild, maybe even installed a few into your browser — but what about writing your own? In this talk, you’ll learn the basics of Chrome extension development (from git init to publishing in the Web Store), how to avoid having your extension automatically disabled when performing upgrades, and some unexpected parts of Chrome you can hook into to take your extension to the next level.

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1. Getting Started with Chrome Extensions @adunkman
3. Proper Nouns
4. Proper Nouns Write an Extension
5. Proper Nouns Write an Extension Publishing to the Chrome Web Store
6. Proper Nouns Write an Extension Publishing to the Chrome Web Store Lessons Learned from Harvest
7. Proper Nouns Write an Extension Publishing to the Chrome Web Store Lessons Learned from Harvest Unexpected APIs
8. Titanium Sponsors Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors
9. Proper Nouns
10. Chrome App
11. Chrome App
12. Chrome Plugin
13. Chrome Plugin
14. Chrome Extension
15. Browser Action
16. Page Action
17. Popup
18. Context Menu
19. Background Script
20. Background Script Background Page
21. Event Script Event Page
22. Content Script
24. Browser Action
25. Browser Action Page Action
26. Browser Action Page Action Popup }
27. Browser Action Page Action Popup Context Menu }
28. Browser Action Page Action Popup Context Menu Background Script }
29. Browser Action Page Action Popup Context Menu Background Script Background Page }
30. Browser Action Page Action Popup Context Menu Background Script Background Page Event Script }
31. Browser Action Page Action Popup Context Menu Background Script Background Page Event Script Event Page }
32. Browser Action Page Action Popup Context Menu Background Script Background Page Event Script Event Page Persistence }
33. Browser Action Page Action Popup Context Menu Background Script Background Page Event Script Event Page Content Script }
34. Browser Action Page Action Popup Context Menu Background Script Background Page Event Script Event Page Content Script } Website
35. It’s just JavaScript and HTML.
36. Chrome Web Store
37. .zip file
38. $5
39. Unexpected APIs
40. Override Chrome URLs newtab, bookmarks, history
41. Manipulate History add/edit/remove entries, clear cookies chrome.history, chrome.browsingData
42. Modify Cookies watch entries, view/edit/remove (including HTTPOnly) chrome.cookies
43. Take a Screenshot whole screen, window, tab chrome.desktopCapture
44. Download Files initiate/cancel downloads, monitor status chrome.downloads
45. Manage Tabs, Windows create/update/reorder tabs/windows chrome.tabs, chrome.windows
46. Jank Up Requests analyze, edit, block requests, modify response headers chrome.webRequest
47. Harvest for Chrome
48. Our Mistakes
49. Slow Publishes
51. Increasing Permissions
55. Editing Responses
57. With great power comes great responsibility.
58. With great power comes terrible bugs.
59. Content Script Sandbox
61. It’s just JavaScript and HTML.
62. Getting Started with Chrome Extensions @adunkman
63. Getting Started with Chrome Extensions @adunkman git.io/vtOsl bit.ly/1GtPOCJ