Building Browser Extensions: Create Modern Extensions for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge

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M. FrisbieBuilding Browser Extensionshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8725-5_16

16. Tooling and Frameworks

Matt Frisbie¹  

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California, CA, USA

 

Modern browser extensions are rarely written from scratch. There is a wealth of developer tools at your disposal that allow you to efficiently build and test extensions in your chosen JavaScript framework and seamlessly publish them to multiple extension marketplaces.

Building Extensions with React

For developers who wish to build a browser extension with a JavaScript framework, the most common choice is React. How you ultimately fold React into your extension will largely depend on the scope and complexity of your ...