Feb 23, 2021

Building browser extensions

These are resources that I reference and guides that I follow while developing browser add-ons/extensions. Hopefully this garden will be helpful to you along the way!

Resources

• How to install temporary add-ons in Firefox (MDN)
• Icons for Chrome extensions (chrome.com)
• manifest.json documentation (MDN)
• Sample build script (GitHub)

Guides

How to add to browser while developing

Chrome

1. Go to chrome://extensions
2. Enable “Developer mode”
3. Select “Load unpacked”
4. Select the project directory

Firefox

1. Go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
2. Select “Load Temporary Add-on…”
3. Select the project directory

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