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They are distributed through Chrome Web Store, initially known as the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery. All users with a Google Account are able to add extensions after developing them. Many Chrome extensions, once installed, have access to the user's data. There are three levels of permissions that an app or extension may request. All extensions must have a clear and singular purpose. | They are distributed through Chrome Web Store, initially known as the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery. All users with a Google Account are able to add extensions after developing them. Many Chrome extensions, once installed, have access to the user's data. There are three levels of permissions that an app or extension may request. All extensions must have a clear and singular purpose. | ||
== Developing Chrome Extensions == | |||
=== Extensions Overview === | |||
Google's [https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/overview Extensions Overview] page states: | |||
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Extensions are zipped bundles of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, and other files used in the web platform, that customize the Google Chrome browsing experience. Extensions are built using web technology and can use the same APIs the browser provides to the open web. | |||
Extensions have a wide range of functional possibilities. They can modify web content users see and interact with or extend and change the behavior of the browser itself. | |||
Consider extensions the gateway to making the Chrome browser the most personalized browser. | |||
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=== Getting Started Tutorial === | |||
Google's [https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/getstarted Getting Started Tutorial] states: | |||
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Extensions are made of different, but cohesive, components. Components can include background scripts, content scripts, an options page, UI elements and various logic files. Extension components are created with web development technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. An extension's components will depend on its functionality and may not require every option. | |||
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=== Develop Extensions === | |||
Google's [https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/devguide Develop Extensions]] page summarizes Extension components and capabilities. | |||
==== Customize extension user interface ==== | |||
==== Build extension utilities ==== | |||
==== Modify and observe the Chrome Browser ==== | |||
==== Modify and observe the web ==== | |||
==== Package, deploy and update ==== | |||
==== Expand Chrome DevTools ==== | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 09:53, 10 December 2019
A Google Chrome Extension is a browser extension that modifies Google Chrome.
Chrome Extensions are written using web technologies like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
They are distributed through Chrome Web Store, initially known as the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery. All users with a Google Account are able to add extensions after developing them. Many Chrome extensions, once installed, have access to the user's data. There are three levels of permissions that an app or extension may request. All extensions must have a clear and singular purpose.
Developing Chrome Extensions
Extensions Overview
Google's Extensions Overview page states:
Extensions are zipped bundles of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, and other files used in the web platform, that customize the Google Chrome browsing experience. Extensions are built using web technology and can use the same APIs the browser provides to the open web.
Extensions have a wide range of functional possibilities. They can modify web content users see and interact with or extend and change the behavior of the browser itself.
Consider extensions the gateway to making the Chrome browser the most personalized browser.
Getting Started Tutorial
Google's Getting Started Tutorial states:
Extensions are made of different, but cohesive, components. Components can include background scripts, content scripts, an options page, UI elements and various logic files. Extension components are created with web development technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. An extension's components will depend on its functionality and may not require every option.
Develop Extensions
Google's Develop Extensions] page summarizes Extension components and capabilities.
Customize extension user interface
Build extension utilities
Modify and observe the Chrome Browser
Modify and observe the web
Package, deploy and update
Expand Chrome DevTools
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Google (nonfiction) - an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
- Google Chrome (nonfiction) - a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, and was later ported to Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android. The browser is also the main component of Chrome OS, where it serves as the platform for web apps.
External links:
- Google Chrome @ Wikipedia