The description field as the name implies gives a brief description of the functionality of the extension.The name field contains information about the title of the extension we are building - Random Quote Extension.The manifest.json file contains important information about the extension. "description": "A Chrome Extension that shows random quotes as notification", "name": "Random Quote Extension for Chrome", Using the Windows command prompt we can type in the following: To get started we will need to create a directory to hold the extension’s files on our local machine. Your desktops notification turned on - this is where our motivational quotes will be displayed.Some knowledge of JavaScript and its syntax.To better understand and build along with this tutorial you should have: You will learn about the core concepts used in this work, and this will just be sufficient to enable you to build something similar or even more complex.
Its major functionality will be to display random motivational quotes from an API. In this tutorial, we are going to build a Chrome extension using Javascript. Think of them as small applications residing on the browser and with their help we can access information about a website, and build awesome things with them. Chrome extensions are relatively easy to develop, and you can create them locally on your machine and have them interact with any page on the web. Luckily, the official Chrome documentation helped me understand the concepts I needed to get started with building what I wanted. So I thought to myself, “I am going to build something similar” - a Chrome extension that will display motivational quotes at scheduled intervals. Having used the Pomodoro timer extension for the last few months, I noticed a steep increase in productivity. Over the years, I have had to install a couple of extensions that either helped me accomplish tasks at work, or enabled me to maximize productivity. Every Chrome extension that exists on the Chrome web store performs a specific task.
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