Simple Chrome Extension generator 

Maintainer: Stephen Collins

> Chrome Extension generator that creates everything you need to get started with extension development.
Includes grunt tasks for easy generation of debug and release builds.

Getting Started

- First make a new directory, and cd into it: mkdir my-new-chrome-extension && cd $_
- Install the generator: npm install -g generator-chrome-extension-simple
- Run: yo chrome-extension-simple

Need more information about Chrome Extension? Please visit Google Chrome Extension Develpment

Generators

Available generators:

* chrome-extension-simple (aka chrome-extension-simple:app)

$3

Sets up a new Chrome Extension, generating all the boilerplate you need to get started.

``bash
yo chrome-extension-simple
`

Test Chrome Extension

To test, go to: chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode and load app as an unpacked extension
by selecting the build directory within your project.

Grunt tasks

$3

Debug task helps reduce your efforts during development.

`bash
grunt
(or)
grunt debug
`

$3

By default, generators compress the file that was created by building a js/css/html/resource file. You can distribute the compressed (.zip) file using the Chrome Developer Dashboard to publish to the Chrome Web Store.

Run this command to build your Chrome Extension project.

`bash
grunt build
`

Grunt will automatically increment your patch version and create a new compressed file for that version.

Bower Dependency Management

In an effort to reduce distributable package size, this generator includes a dependencies.json configuration file.

`javascript
module.exports = {
build: {
options: {
dependencies: [{
"src": "bower/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
"dest": "app/libs/js/jquery.min.js"
}]
}
}
}
`

The dependencies property contains an array of objects with src and dest properties. src referrers to the relative path to a bower dependency, while dest specifies where to copy the file(s) during build. jQuery has been included by default as an example.

Options

* --skip-install

Skips the automatic execution of bower and npm` after
scaffolding has finished.

License

MIT