Chrome App generator

Maintainer: Jimmy Moon

A Chrome Apps boilerplate generator that creates everything you need to get started with development. To test, go to: chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode and load app as an unpacked extension.

Getting Started

• First make a new directory, and cd into it: mkdir my-new-chromeapp && cd $_
• Install the generator: npm install -g generator-chromeapp
• Run: yo chromeapp

Generators

Available generators:

• chromeapp (aka chromeapp:app)
• chromeapp:permission
• chromeapp:samples

App

Sets up a new Chrome App, generating all the boilerplate you need to get started.

Example:

yo chromeapp

Permission

Create manifest.json or append permission into manifest.json. You can choose permission to put into manifest.json

Example:

yo chromeapp:permmision

Samples

You can create a new Chrome App by the google-chrome-app samples on github repository.

Example:

yo chromeapp:samples

Supported commands

• grunt build - creates a production build, package production files to zip file

• grunt debug - LiveReload/edit your Chrome App.

Options

• --skip-install

  Skips the automatic execution of bower and npm after scaffolding has finished.

• --test-framework=[framework]

  Defaults to mocha. Can be switched for another supported testing framework like jasmine.

• --skip-pull

  Skips to pull command of git to check the google-chrome-app samples on github repository

Contribute

See the contributing docs

License

BSD license