Ideas for chrome extension examples

[shiffman]

Possible Examples

• content script skeleton with browser action
• content script skeleton with page action
• browser action with pop-up skeleton
• swap images on page and alter text content, inspiration: girlsvsgit
• search page for text, redact that text, inspiration: shaved bieber
• replace default new tab page, inspiration: code doodles
• incorporating p5 into content.js (canvas overlay, etc.)
• omnibox
• incorporating APIs - wordnik? google image search?
• API request without p5
• gmail hacks: https://github.com/KartikTalwar/gmail.js

Topics

• Content vs. everything else (popup, background, other views, etc.)
• Chrome APIs
  • Alarms API
  • is browser idle or active?
  • omnibox keyword events
  • tabs and windows
  • tts (text-to-speech)
  • webRequest

[shekit]

Any example that is talking between the popup, content script and the background script will be helpful. Still unsure how that communication channel flows.

[rlieberman]

An example that replaces images on the page!

[shiffman]

The notes are now completed.

http://shiffman.github.io/A2Z-F15/week10/notes.html

They need a proofing as well as some fleshing out to provide a more of a walk-through some key elements that are in the examples. But for now they provide an overview with links to more comprehensive tutorials. All the examples are commented which should make up a little bit for what is missing.

I plan on making video tutorials for these soon as well.