angular-chrome-extension

Software Used

• Angular 7
• Bootstrap
• Firebase Cloud Database
• Chrome's public API

Purpose

A Chrome extension that utilizes Chrome's public API to capture all open tabs, and allows users to save/retrieve tabs to a 'project' stored within Firebase's database.

General Configuration

• npm install
• npm install -g @angular/cli
• ng new < application-name >
• create manifest.json (required for Chrome extensions)
• npm install --save @types/chrome
• npm install --save firebase @angular/fire
• npm install bootstrap

Configuration for Chrome Extension Usage

• Update Environment.ts file to include your Firebase database keys.
• Run ng build in the command prompt to create dist folder
• Go to chrome://extensions, enable developer mode and drad n drop the dist folder onto the page
• Chrome extension should appear beside your search bar :)

Auto-generated Angular information

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 7.1.0.

Development server

Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Code scaffolding

Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.

Build

Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the --prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Running end-to-end tests

Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via Protractor.

Further help

To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI README.