How to Create a Chrome Extension - JavaScript Tutorial

In this video I convert a simple JavaScript script that I have been running from Snippets and the Console into an Extension that allows me to right click on the page and insert data into a field. Previous video in this series: JavaScript Tutorial Creating a CounterString tool in Chrome Browser Dev Tools Snippets You will learn: - how to convert existing javascript code into a Chrome Extension - the basic structure of an extension, manifest.json, background script and content scripts - permissions in extensions: contextMenus, activeTab - how to create context menus for extensions - how to change where context menus are displayed: contexts, editable - why to use a persistent background script - how to dynamically inject content scripts into a page using executescript - how to use listeners with context menus The source code is on github: --- Find my online books and training (some are free) at: