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The Complete Google Chrome Extensions Developer Course
Publish your own Chrome Extensions by finding a programmer and learning to use the Chrome Developer Dashboard
Created byChris Green
Last updated 12/2016
English
What you'll learn
- Identify problems that can be solved with Chrome Extensions.
- How to find and hire a programmer or developer to create the Chrome Extension for them.
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Course content
5 sections • 18 lectures • 1h 46m total length
- Introduction to the Chrome Extension Course1:42
Welcome to the Google Chrome Extensions Course!
- What are Chrome Extensions?4:24
What are extensions?
Extensions are small software programs that can modify and enhance the functionality of the Chrome browser. You write them using web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
Extensions have little to no user interface. For example, the image above shows the icon that provides the UI for the Google Mail Checker extension.
Extensions bundle all their files into a single file that the user downloads and installs. This bundling means that, unlike ordinary web apps, extensions don't need to depend on content from the web.
You can distribute your extension using the Chrome Developer Dashboard to publish to the Chrome Web Store. For more information, see the store developer documentation. - Searching for & Installing Chrome Extensions4:45
In this video, we do an overview of the Google Chrome WebStore.
- Course Resource Links1:39
Use these links to access the corresponding websites mentioned in this course.
- Finding Problems and Solutions7:12
In this video, we take a brief look at where to find problems and how to potentially solve them with software (Chrome extensions).
Requirements
- Students will need to have a GMail or Google account in order to successfully upload Chrome Extensions.
Description
Google Chrome Extensions are amazingly useful and valuable tools. They are also remarkably easy to develop, monetize, and leverage. Using sites like Upwork to find qualified programmers and developers, you can have a Chrome Extension made for a reasonable price. Then, once you upload it to the Chrome Web Store, you can choose to give it away, use it to build an email list, charge a one-time fee, or even a monthly service fee.
The best way to come up with an idea for a Google Chrome extension that can make you money is to find a problem that you already have and develop a solution for it using your own Google Chrome extension. Then, offer it to other people who have the same (or similar) problems. Not only will you be helping yourself, but you will also be creating something that will help other people as well. As a bonus, you can be financially rewarded for this by charging a one-time fee or monthly fee in order to use your Google Chrome extension.
The process may seem daunting at first, especially if you have little to no programming experience. Thankfully, this course requires no programming experience! We will walk through, step by step, the process of taking an idea, turning it into a Chrome Extension, and then uploading the completed extension to the Chrome Webstore.
Who this course is for:
- This course is designed for those looking to create their own Google Chrome Extensions by hiring a programmer/developer.
- This course is for people who wish to better understand the process of using Chrome Extensions.
- This course is for people looking to learn the process of finding and hiring a programmer or developer.
- This course does not teach programming, development, or computer coding.