basic_chrome_extension

About

This is the most basic chrome extension you could write.

Steps

1. create a directory “basic_chrome_extension” on your computer
2. inside, put files of this repository
3. open Chrome, and open url chrome://extensions
4. check checkbox named “developer mode”
5. click on button “Load unpacked extension…”
6. choose the directory “basic_chrome_extension”
7. good ! you should see a fresh, new, grey “B” icon next to the URL bar.
8. open any decent website : github.com , (or bdavidxyz.com, or whatever)
9. open your chrome dev tools console : Press Ctrl+Shift+J (Windows / Linux) or Cmd+Opt+J (Mac).
10. click on the “B” icon
11. Ta-da ! You should see “I'm content.js, man” in the console each time you press the magic “B” icon

Go further

• Chrome samples
• Official documentation