We are about to embark on a basic Chrome Extension to interact with our Wappler project, which got me thinking.
The basics of a CE are fairly straight forward, and as a non-coder I was able to build a test CE using Google’s tutorial.
Then looking through all of the documentation and a boilerplate project in a git-repo the general makeup of a CE isn’t too dissimilar to a basic Wappler project - e.g. CE’s use html/css/js and json, including things like manifest.json and package.json and even node packages.
In my uneducated mind it doesn’t seem a stretch that Wappler could extend to be able to 'no/low-code) Chrome Extensions?
Here is the extension built with the boilerplate, so you can see the file structure:
And here is the boilerplate:
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Bump @George - what do you think?
Hey @mgaussie,
I agree! I would be awesome!!!
Btw, I’ve you tried this tool: WebDGap (michaelsboost.com) ?
You just need to choose your Chrome extension name, icon, the URL of your website and it creates a Chrome extension for your website/web app.
It’s working with an iframe. 
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Interesting. So I could build a mini Wappler Web App with the Chrome Type functionality I desire - and then just convert using this?
Exactly @mgaussie!
Actually I created a small web app some weeks ago to save useful internal links (useful documentation posts in the company I work for) so I can easily re-read them when I need. And I converted it to a Chrome Extension by using this tool.
I even created a Win10 software with it so I can have it totally separated to Chrome on my PC.
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Well that’s very interesting. Is there any costs associated and how did you handle the design considering CE’s are typically a lot smaller.
This tool is totally free (you can make a donation if you want).
In terms of other costs, since this extension is only showing the website you want in an iframe, you’ll need to host this app/website somewhere…
Beside that, no additional cost.
Concerning the design, your Wappler website/app should be totally responsive and you can easily update the extension popup size in the files (manifest, etc…) so you could choose the popup size you want.
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