Out of so many browsers available to you right from Internet Explorer and Safari to Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, Chrome is one of the widely accepted and used across the world due to several reasons. Out of so many benefits of using Google Chrome as my default browser, the best thing about it is its extensibility. It is so much extensible that there is Chrome plug-in for almost everything that we need. So, there is nothing that we will miss if we use Chrome and Chrome extensions.

Chrome extensions: What are they?

Before you get into the Chrome extension development, you must know what exactly Chrome extensions are and how do they work. Well, it is a web page developed using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, hosted within Chrome, to give you additional functionality that Chrome doesn’t gives you by default.

Is there anything you do not have plug in for? You can make your own extension then. If you believe that the development process is extremely tough and time taking, you are mistaken. There is a secret path that makes the entire process easy and quick. So, here are the steps to develop Chrome extension.

1. Project: The first step is to create the directory and the files for extension. All these get started by creating a new directory and then putting all the files into the new folder. Create an icon for the extension. You can always download the sample from demo project and modify it so as to get the perfect size. Next, you must create an HTML page and a file to hold JavaScript code.

2. Manifest file: Every extension needs a manifest file which lets Chrome know about getting the extension loaded in Chrome. So, create the manifest file and put it into that new folder. Add code to the manifest file.

3. UI: The third step is all about creating a user interface for the extension. So, add the code for the same.

4. Logic: the last step in the creation of Chrome extension is to implement the logic of the functionality of the extension. You can do this with the help of the event listener. So, add up the code for the same and your basic development step is over.

5. Test: Once the process of Chrome extension development is over, you must test it well so as to find the bugs and fix them before any other user comes across the errors. This is one of the easiest steps, as testing an extension is really easy.

Now that you are aware of the best, easiest and the fastest way to build Chrome extension, make sure you ask the professionals that you hire to follow these steps during the development. We, at Total-Toolbar provide the best Chrome extension development services to our clients.  So, if you want to build your own extension, you may visit us and let us know your exact requirements and we will be happy to build it up for you.