Development and debugging

The Chrome plugin does not have strict project structure requirements, as long as the directory has a manifest.json. It does not need a special IDE or a common Web development tool.

The plug-in management page can be accessed from the upper-right menu -> More Tools -> Extensions, or you can access it directly from the address bar by typing Chrome :// Extensions.

If developer mode is selected, plug-ins can be loaded directly in folders. Otherwise, only.crx files can be installed. Chrome requires that plugins be installed from its Chrome App Store. You can’t install them directly from any other site, so instead you can just unzip the CRX file and load them directly from developer mode.

Any changes in the code during development will require the plug-in to be reloaded. Just press Ctrl+R on the plug-in management page, and refresh the page in case.