| Goals | Points |
|---|---|
| Install the boilerplate extension in Edge | +10 pts |
| Convert the Make page Red extension | +25 pts |
| Create a Translate Page extension | +100 pts |
| Add context menu functionality to search a word directly in Bing/Google | +50 pts |
| Add configuration page to your extension | +50 pts |
| Create an extension making use of an external API (e.g. doing sentiment analysis on a webpage) | +220 pts |
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/documentation/extensions/api-support/supported-apis/ https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/devguide
Protip! You can often use documentation for Chrome extensions because Edge extensions are very similar. You will find more code examples for Chrome than for Edge. Biggest difference? The global chrome object in Chrome is replaced by the global browser object in Edge.
Example in Chrome
chrome.tabs.getCurrent(function(currentTab) { ... });Example in Edge
browser.tabs.getCurrent(function(currentTab) { ... });The chrome and browser objects have a very similar public API that is often the same.
Microsoft provides optional shims for Chrome APIs so that code written for Chrome can work in Edge with only minimal effort.
You can install the shims into your project using the Edge Extension toolkit.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/microsoft-edge-extension-toolkit/9nblggh4txvb
Anatomy of a WebExtension
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Anatomy_of_a_WebExtension
Boiler plate for #1 & #2
https://aka.ms/hledge
Extension Toolkit – Porting an extension from Chrome to Microsoft Edge
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/documentation/extensions/guides/porting-chrome-extensions/
Edge extension API support
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/documentation/extensions/api-support/
Edge extension guides
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/documentation/extensions/guides/
API Support (Browser Actions, Context Menu, Cookies)
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/documentation/extensions/api-support/supported-apis/
Cognitive Services (External APIs)
https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services
Sensitivity analysis
https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/text-analytics-api
VM
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/