Chrome extension with Angular -- from zero to a little hero

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An article by JeB Barabanov in which he explores the process of developing a Chrome extension with Angular. Start from scratch with ng new and finishing with fully functional Chrome extension.

There are couple of reasons that would make you want to develop a Chrome extension. Author believes that the main use case for developing an extension is to serve your needs as a developer.

The article then describes following:

  • What Chrome extension consists of
    • Background script
    • Content script
    • Popup (in browser action)
  • Communication between pages
  • Loading the extension into Chrome
  • Live reload and ng serve

… and more. Screen shots and code examples are also included. You will get all the necessary tools and understanding for developing a Chrome Extension with Angular in convenient and efficient way. Very nice!

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