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Posted by Noah Liddle
Noah Liddle
1,187 Points

What's the best way to go about creating a Chrome Extension?

What different languages should I learn and how should I actually get started?

2 Answers

Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points
Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points

Hi Noah, I've not made one before but a quick look at the documentation overview indicates HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JSON.

Justin Senne
Justin Senne
9,011 Points
Justin Senne
Justin Senne
9,011 Points

I've no experience with it either, but have recently started looking into it. I've found the following YT videos to be particularly illuminating on the subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3McMaHvlBY (a somewhat more-than-basic explanation from a Google Developer Advocate)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT-b2SpFIWo (a slightly longer, more in-depth explanation from a helpful YouTuber)