DESIGN.
2.5hrs
What is Required to Create a Plug-In
The basics of creating a plug in and what is possible with it. Looking at some other plug-ins to analyse this.
Main Learning Objectives
Chrome Plug-in
Online Research
Most information was found through online research, on chrome help pages and quora question pages.
Learning Strategy
Inspect Element
The inspect element can be used on any webpage. It gives an insight into how the page is created and allows you to temporarily customise any part of it. This is great for learning the ins and outs of a website.
Chrome Developer Tools
Chome developer tools lays out everything you need to create a plug-in. As well as giving you the ability to upload one to the store.
My Learning Journey
What Is Required for a Chrome Plug-In
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Aim: Find out how a Chrome plug-in can be created, and therefore how viable it would be to create one for my concept.
Learning Method: Online Research
Goal Achieved?
Yes. I found out exactly how I could go about developing my own plug-in.
Final Results
I discovered the main parts needed to make a plug-in. This included creating a manifest, adding functionality as well as the user interface and more.
Key Insights/findings
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This was possible to do myself, however would be best to have some outside help
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The inspect panel was a great way to learn about codes written