chrome-extension-template-vue2

Chrome extension scaffolding project is based on Vue 2.0, built based on vue-cli 4.

Technology Stack

• Vue2：https://cn.vuejs.org/v2/guide/
• manifest V3：https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/intro/
• vue-cli 4+
• ant design vue(version：1.7.8)
• nodejs version：>= 12.13.0

UI Library

The project uses Ant Design Vue.

If you have other needs, you can choose other UI libraries to use:

• Element UI
• Ant Design Vue
• iView
• Vuetify
• ...

Develop

Directory Structure：

|- public              // Public resources, packaged in the dist root directory
  |- background.js     // The background.js file of the chrome extension
|- src                 // source code
  |- assets/           // Static resources, such as pictures
  |- components/       // common components
  |- content-script/   // content-script of chrome extension
  |- options/          // options page of chrome extension
  |- popup/            // popup page of chrome extension
  |- manifest.json     // manifest file of V3
  |- manifest-v2.json  // manifest file of V2，if you use V2 to develop, you can use this file to replace manifest.json
|- vue.config.js       // vue-cli configuration

1. Configure the manifest.json file

Configure according to development needs.

2. develop popup page

   if you need to develop the popup page, you can refer to this step.

   popup page .vue file：src/popup/App.vue

   Component or third-party library import in the index.js file which in the src/popup directory.

3. develop background.js

   if you need to develop background.js, you can refer to this step.

   Modify the background.js file in the public directory.

4. Other pages development can refer to step 2

Package Release

npm install

Package of Development Environment

Support automatic re-build and hot reload of chrome extension when file modified.

npm run dev

the hot reload is implemented by vue preset：vue-web-extension

Package of Production Environment

npm run build

After packaged, a dist folder will be generated in the root directory.
The dist folder contains the following files:

- css/
- js/
- manifest.json
- popup.html
- options.html
- background.js
- ...

You can load this dist folder in chrome extension.

For more information, you can refer to the official documentation:

https://developer.chrome.com/extensions https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/samples