Boardbot-Chrome

Get the Extension

You can download the extension from the Chrome web store here.

Preview

Also has a dark mode built in!

Developer Setup

Prerequisites

You must have the following installed in order to installed package dependencies and build the extension.

• Node.js
• Gulp (after installing node)

Building the Extension

This project uses gulp to build the components of the application into a javascript chrome extension

1. Navigate to the project directory and open of a command prompt window
2. run npm install
3. After all npm packages have been installed, run gulp

• You will see gulp compile two different builds, one for the Angular app and one for the content script typescript project

Installing Dev Instance

The build output directory holding the manifest file can be added as an extension in developer mode in its current state

1. Open the Extension Management page by navigating to chrome://extensions
   • The Extension Management page can also be opened by clicking on the Chrome menu, hovering over More Tools then selecting Extensions
2. Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle switch next to Developer mode
3. Click the LOAD UNPACKED button and select the dist directory
4. Make sure you add the build output folder. Its path should be "Boardbot-Chrome/dist/boardbot-extension"