A leiningen template for generating lein-chromebuild projects
lein new chrome-extension example
Projects created by this template are functional chrome extensions that can be built using lein chromebuild once. The default extension once built includes:
- A manifest.json
- A content script (executing on every page load)
- A background page
- A new tab page
- A popup (IE clickable button)
- A button
- A bunch of default icons
Both the content script and popup, when loaded, will send messages to the background page and receive messages back using khroma. This means your starting point is a project with the hard parts already implemented, and you just need to cut away the pieces of the extension you will not need.
Making chrome extension in clojurescript is actually really easy, but theres a fair bit of boilerplate required. I fully accept that this adds no value to developers who are already comfortable with the layout of chrome extensions and clojurescript builds.
Copyright © 2014 Frazer Irving
Released under the Eclipse Public License - v 1.0.