Question

I remember reading about a way to develop a Google Chrome extension without constantly repacking it. In Firefox this is done by creating a soft link between the extensions directory and where your development directory is. I’ve forgotten the method to do this with Google Chrome and can’t seem to find it when searching.

Also, if you know the answer to this question you’ve probably done some Chrome extension development, so I’ll ask (as a bonus), what are the most valuable tools for developing a chrome extension – the ones that just make your life so much easier?

ps: The developer tools look nice. How can I log things inside a script (console.log?) and where do I see that output? Doesn’t seem to be showing up here:

Answer 1

Enable developer mode on chrome://settings/extensions and hit load unpacked extension.

The most valuable tool for me is the build in developer tools.