analsorhost-simple-bs-bridget-marquardt

Boilerplate for Web-Extensions

A TypeScript boilerplate for writing browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge. Uses webpack to build the finished source.

Building

The extension can be built for one of the following browsers at a time: Chrome, Firefox, Edge.

1. First time after cloning, run npm install
2. Run npm run build:<browser> where <browser> can be chrome|firefox|edge

The bundled files will be located in the dist/ directory.

Loading into the browser

After having built the extension for the desired browser, you can run it following the appropriate steps.

Chrome

1. Navigate to chrome://extensions/
2. Switch to Developer Mode
3. Load extension by clicking Load unpacked and navigating to the dist/ directory

Firefox

Method 1.

1. Run in firefox with npm run start:firefox

Method 2.

1. Navigate to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
2. Load extension by clicking Load Temporary Add-on and navigating to the dist/ directory

Edge

1. Navigate to edge://extensions/
2. Switch to Developer Mode
3. Load extension by clicking Load unpacked and navigating to the dist/ directory

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