Chrome apps are written in HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS, just like web apps. But they look and behave more like native apps, and they have super-powerful capabilities, like the ability to interact with network and hardware devices, media tools, and much more.
Chrome apps are still in developer preview-- we know they aren't perfect. But we're trying to do something new here, bridging together the native and web experience, giving developers choice and users the best experience possible.
For Chrome apps to succeed, we need and want your feedback and we don't want you to have to go in circles to provide it. Here's a very simple feedback form.
- Read the docs: http://developer.chrome.com/apps/. They aren't overly complicated, there's decent API, and we are working every day to make them better.
- Fork any and all chrome-app-samples and make something of your own.
- Follow the Chrome Apps Todo tutorial here.
The goal of this tutorial is to get you building Chrome apps fast. Once you've comleted the tutorial, you will have a simple Todo app. We've done our best to capture some of the trickier parts to the development process keeping the sample simple and straightforward.
- Set up development environment: lab1_setup
- Create basic app: lab2_basic
- Create model-view-controller: lab3_mvc
- Test app **Work-in-progress**: lab4_testing
- Save and fetch data: lab5_data
- Manage app lifecycle: lab6_lifecycle
- Access user's data: lab7_useridentification
- Access resources from the web: lab8_webresources
- Create multiple views: lab9_multipleviews
- Publish app in Chrome Web Store: lab_10_publishing