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#Introduction

Developing Chrome Extensions is REALLY fun if you are a Front End engineer. If you, however, struggle with visualizing the architecture of an application, then developing a Chrome Extension is going to bite your butt multiple times due the amount of excessive components the extension works with. Here are some pointers in how to start, what problems I encounter and how to avoid them.

Note: I'm not covering chrome package apps, which although similar, work in a different way. I also won't cover the page options api neither the new brand event pages. What I explain covers most basic chrome applications and should be enough to get you started.

Table of Contents

1. Understand the Chrome Architecture
2. Understand the Tabs-Extension Relationship
3. Picking the right interface for the job

eirikbacker

//addEventListener polyfill 1.0 / Eirik Backer / MIT Licence
(function(win, doc){
	if(win.addEventListener)return;		//No need to polyfill

	function docHijack(p){var old = doc[p];doc[p] = function(v){return addListen(old(v))}}
	function addEvent(on, fn, self){
		return (self = this).attachEvent('on' + on, function(e){
			var e = e || win.event;
			e.preventDefault  = e.preventDefault  || function(){e.returnValue = false}
			e.stopPropagation = e.stopPropagation || function(){e.cancelBubble = true}

paulmillr

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paulirish

// http://paulirish.com/2011/requestanimationframe-for-smart-animating/
// http://my.opera.com/emoller/blog/2011/12/20/requestanimationframe-for-smart-er-animating

// requestAnimationFrame polyfill by Erik Möller. fixes from Paul Irish and Tino Zijdel

// MIT license

(function() {
    var lastTime = 0;
    var vendors = ['ms', 'moz', 'webkit', 'o'];