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authorkathyw@google.com <kathyw@google.com@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98>2009-08-24 14:39:15 +0000
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Move debugging stuff out of Getting Started into its own tutorial.
(Not done; needs intro text.) Removed --enable-extensions from command line. (Strangely, it made the doc more complicated, since your extension's users will need it. For now.) Made some minor formatting changes. Added a page to point to all the tutorials. Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/173197 git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@24093 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
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-rwxr-xr-xchrome/common/extensions/docs/static/getstarted.html155
-rw-r--r--chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/tut_debugging.html133
-rw-r--r--chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/tutorials.html10
-rw-r--r--chrome/common/extensions/docs/tut_debugging.html34
-rw-r--r--chrome/common/extensions/docs/tutorials.html34
5 files changed, 233 insertions, 133 deletions
diff --git a/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/getstarted.html b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/getstarted.html
index f63037e1..fdf05a6 100755
--- a/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/getstarted.html
+++ b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/getstarted.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<div id="pageData-title" class="pageData">Getting Started</div>
+<div id="pageData-title" class="pageData">Tutorial: Getting Started</div>
<div id="pageData-showTOC" class="pageData">true</div>
<p>
This tutorial walks you through creating a simple extension.
-To complete this tutorial, you must have Windows;
-Linux and Mac don't yet support extensions.
+To complete this tutorial, you must have Windows.
+(Linux and Mac don't yet support extensions.)
</p>
<h2 id="browser">Get your browser ready</h2>
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ at the bottom of the Google Chrome window.
<li>
Change the shortcut that you use to start the browser
(or create a new one)
- so that it has the <code>--enable-extensions</code>
- and <code>--load-extension</code> flags.
+ so that it has the
+ <code>--load-extension</code> flag.
For example, if your extension is at <code>c:\myext</code>,
your shortcut might look something like this:
-<pre>chrome.exe <span class="newCode">--enable-extensions --load-extension="c:\myext"</span></pre>
+<pre>chrome.exe <span class="newCode">--load-extension="c:\myext"</span></pre>
</li>
<li>Exit Google Chrome.
If you have a separate profile for testing,
@@ -79,9 +79,16 @@ at the bottom of the Google Chrome window.
</ol>
<p>
<b>Note:</b>
+ To run already-packaged extensions
+ the browser must be started with the
+ <code>--enable-extensions</code> or <code>--load-extension</code> flag.
+ An exception:
+ themes run in the Dev channel version of Google Chrome,
+ no flags required.
For details on changing shortcut properties, see
<a href="http://dev.chromium.org/developers/creating-and-using-profiles">Creating
- and Using Profiles</a>.</p>
+ and Using Profiles</a>.
+</p>
</li>
</ol>
@@ -89,20 +96,20 @@ at the bottom of the Google Chrome window.
You should see the UI for your extension at the bottom left of the browser, looking something like this:
</p>
-<table>
+<table class="imagelayout">
<tbody>
- <tr>
- <td align="center" width="33%"><img src="images/hw-1.gif"
+ <tr class="images">
+ <td width="33%"><img src="images/hw-1.gif"
alt="" /></td>
- <td align="center" width="33%"><img src="images/hw-2.gif"
+ <td width="33%"><img src="images/hw-2.gif"
alt="" /></td>
- <td align="center" width="33%"><img src="images/hw-3.gif"
+ <td width="33%"><img src="images/hw-3.gif"
alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <th align="center" width="33%"> default appearance</th>
- <th align="center" width="33%"> initial onhover appearance</th>
- <th align="center" width="33%"> final onhover appearance</th>
+ <td width="33%"> default appearance</td>
+ <td width="33%"> initial onhover appearance</td>
+ <td width="33%"> final onhover appearance</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
@@ -150,124 +157,6 @@ following them exactly.
Don't try loading an HTML file that isn't in the extension's folder &mdash;
it won't work! </p>
-<h2 id="debug">Debug the extension</h2>
-<p>
-You can use the browser's built-in developer tools
-to view your extension's code,
-display debugging output,
-and debug your extension.
-</p>
-<ol>
- <li>
- <p> Edit <code>my_toolstrip.html</code>, so that it has the following code: </p>
-<pre><span class="newCode">&lt;script&gt;
-function helloWorld() {
- var hwFile = 'hello_world.html';
- console.log(&quot;in helloWorld()&quot;);
- window.open(hwFile);
-}
-&lt;/script&gt;</span>
-
-&lt;div class=&quot;toolstrip-button&quot; onclick=&quot;<span class="newCode">helloWorld();</span>&quot;&gt;
-&lt;span&gt;Hello, World!&lt;/span&gt;
-&lt;/div&gt;</pre>
- <p> The relocated code still has the same effect,
- but now it has some debugging output,
- thanks to the call to <code>console.log()</code>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- Restart the browser, so that it loads your new version of the extension.
-
-<!--
-This might be confusing.
-Maybe we should instead cover location.reload() later,
-after we've shown the console.
- <div class="note">
- <b>Tip:</b>
- If you don't want to restart your browser,
- you can get an updated version of the extension
- by opening a new window.
- The new window will contain the updated extension;
- old windows will contain the old version.
- </div>
--->
- </li>
- <li>
- Right-click the <strong>Hello, World!</strong> button
- (at the bottom left)
- to bring up the Developer Tools window
- for this instance of your toolstrip.
- The window should look something like this:
- <p>
- <img src="images/devtools-1.gif" alt="" /> </p>
-<!--
-Possibly we should recommend starting the Dev Tools
-using chrome://extensions, rather than right-click.
-However, that adds some stuff (such as id)
-that might be confusing.
--->
-
- </li>
- <li>
- Click the <strong>Scripts</strong> button.
- If necessary, choose <strong>my_toolstrip.html</strong>
- from the list of scripts.
- The result should be something like this:
- <p>
- <img src="images/devtools-2.gif" alt="" /> </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- Set a debugging breakpoint at the <code>window.open()</code> statement
- by clicking <strong>5</strong> in the left column:
- <p>
- <img src="images/devtools-3.gif" alt="" /> </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- Click the Console button
- (second from left, at the bottom of the Developer Tools window)
- so that you can see both the code and the console.
- <p>
- <img src="images/devtools-4.gif" alt="" /></p>
- </li>
- <li>
- Back in the main browser window,
- click the <strong>Hello, World!</strong> button,
- so that the extension begins executing.
- You should see the output of <code>console.log()</code>
- along with the line number,
- and execution should stop just before
- the call to <code>window.open()</code>.
- <p>
- <img src="images/devtools-5.gif" alt="" />
- </p>
-
- <p>
- The Call Stack area at the right of the tools window shows that
- the <code>helloWorld()</code> method was called by an anonymous function
- that was called by <code>onclick</code>.
- Anywhere in the Call Stack or console that you see a file and line number
- (for example, &quot;my_toolstrip.html:4&quot;),
- you can click that text to see the relevant line of code. </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- In the upper right part of the tools window,
- scroll down (if necessary) until you can see the local scope variables.
- This section shows the current values of all variables in the current scope.
- For example, you can see that <code>hwFile</code> is a local variable
- that has the value &quot;hello_world.html&quot;.
- <p>
- <img src="images/devtools-6.gif" alt="" /> </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- Click the buttons at the upper right of the window
- to resume execution or to step through the code.
- Once the call to <code>window.open()</code> returns,
- the main browser window should open a new tab
- that displays the contents of <code>hello_world.html</code>.</li>
-</ol>
-<p>
-You now know how to load and debug an extension!</p>
-
<h2 id="summary">Summary</h2>
<p>
diff --git a/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/tut_debugging.html b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/tut_debugging.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61e139f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/tut_debugging.html
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+<div id="pageData-title" class="pageData">Tutorial: Debugging</div>
+
+<p>
+[PENDING: intro goes here.
+This tutorial starts where
+<a href="getstarted.html">Getting Started</a> ends.
+Point to files needed.]
+</p>
+
+<p>
+You can use the browser's built-in developer tools
+to view your extension's code,
+display debugging output,
+and debug your extension.
+</p>
+<ol>
+ <li>
+ <p> Edit <code>my_toolstrip.html</code>, so that it has the following code: </p>
+<pre><span class="newCode">&lt;script&gt;
+function helloWorld() {
+ var hwFile = 'hello_world.html';
+ console.log(&quot;in helloWorld()&quot;);
+ window.open(hwFile);
+}
+&lt;/script&gt;</span>
+
+&lt;div class=&quot;toolstrip-button&quot; onclick=&quot;<span class="newCode">helloWorld();</span>&quot;&gt;
+&lt;span&gt;Hello, World!&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;/div&gt;</pre>
+ <p> The relocated code still has the same effect,
+ but now it has some debugging output,
+ thanks to the call to <code>console.log()</code>.</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Restart the browser, so that it loads your new version of the extension.
+
+<!--
+This might be confusing.
+Maybe we should instead cover location.reload() later,
+after we've shown the console.
+ <div class="note">
+ <b>Tip:</b>
+ If you don't want to restart your browser,
+ you can get an updated version of the extension
+ by opening a new window.
+ The new window will contain the updated extension;
+ old windows will contain the old version.
+ </div>
+-->
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Right-click the <strong>Hello, World!</strong> button
+ (at the bottom left)
+ to bring up the Developer Tools window
+ for this instance of your toolstrip.
+ The window should look something like this:
+ <p>
+ <img src="images/devtools-1.gif" alt="" /> </p>
+<!--
+Possibly we should recommend starting the Dev Tools
+using chrome://extensions, rather than right-click.
+However, that adds some stuff (such as id)
+that might be confusing.
+-->
+
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Click the <strong>Scripts</strong> button.
+ If necessary, choose <strong>my_toolstrip.html</strong>
+ from the list of scripts.
+ The result should be something like this:
+ <p>
+ <img src="images/devtools-2.gif" alt="" /> </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Set a debugging breakpoint at the <code>window.open()</code> statement
+ by clicking <strong>5</strong> in the left column:
+ <p>
+ <img src="images/devtools-3.gif" alt="" /> </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Click the Console button
+ (second from left, at the bottom of the Developer Tools window)
+ so that you can see both the code and the console.
+ <p>
+ <img src="images/devtools-4.gif" alt="" /></p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Back in the main browser window,
+ click the <strong>Hello, World!</strong> button,
+ so that the extension begins executing.
+ You should see the output of <code>console.log()</code>
+ along with the line number,
+ and execution should stop just before
+ the call to <code>window.open()</code>.
+ <p>
+ <img src="images/devtools-5.gif" alt="" />
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The Call Stack area at the right of the tools window shows that
+ the <code>helloWorld()</code> method was called by an anonymous function
+ that was called by <code>onclick</code>.
+ Anywhere in the Call Stack or console that you see a file and line number
+ (for example, &quot;my_toolstrip.html:4&quot;),
+ you can click that text to see the relevant line of code. </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ In the upper right part of the tools window,
+ scroll down (if necessary) until you can see the local scope variables.
+ This section shows the current values of all variables in the current scope.
+ For example, you can see that <code>hwFile</code> is a local variable
+ that has the value &quot;hello_world.html&quot;.
+ <p>
+ <img src="images/devtools-6.gif" alt="" /> </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Click the buttons at the upper right of the window
+ to resume execution or to step through the code.
+ Once the call to <code>window.open()</code> returns,
+ the main browser window should open a new tab
+ that displays the contents of <code>hello_world.html</code>.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>
+You now know how to load and debug an extension!</p>
+
+<h2 id="summary">Summary</h2>
+
+<p>
+[PENDING: Summarize what we did,
+what it means,
+and where to find more information.
+Suggest where to go next.]</p>
diff --git a/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/tutorials.html b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/tutorials.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5963b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/tutorials.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<div id="pageData-title" class="pageData">Tutorials</div>
+
+<p>
+Here's what we have, so far:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li> <a href="getstarted.html">Getting Started</a> </li>
+ <li> <a href="tut_debugging.html">Debugging</a> </li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/chrome/common/extensions/docs/tut_debugging.html b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/tut_debugging.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed40a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/tut_debugging.html
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<!-- This page is a placeholder for generated extensions api doc. Note:
+ 1) The <head> information in this page is significant, should be uniform
+ across api docs and should be edited only with knowledge of the
+ templating mechanism.
+ 2) The <body> tag *must* retain id="body"
+ 3) All <body>.innerHTML is genereated as an rendering step. If viewed in a
+ browser, it will be re-generated from the template, json schema and
+ authored overview content.
+ 4) The <body>.innerHTML is also generated by an offline step so that this
+ page may easily be indexed by search engines.
+
+ TODO(rafaelw): Abstract this into a "pageshell" that becomes the single
+ version of page template shell and the "instance" pages (bookmarks.html,
+ etc...) can be generated with a build step.
+-->
+<!-- <html> must retain id="template -->
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+ <!-- <head> data is significant and loads the needed libraries and styles -->
+ <head>
+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
+ <title jscontent="pageTitle">pageTitle</title>
+ <link href="css/ApiRefStyles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
+ <script type="text/javascript"
+ src="../../../third_party/jstemplate/jstemplate_compiled.js">
+ </script>
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="js/api_page_generator.js"></script>
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="js/bootstrap.js"></script>
+ </head>
+ <!-- <body> content is completely generated. Do not edit, as it will be
+ and rewritten. -->
+ <body>
+ </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/chrome/common/extensions/docs/tutorials.html b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/tutorials.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed40a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/tutorials.html
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<!-- This page is a placeholder for generated extensions api doc. Note:
+ 1) The <head> information in this page is significant, should be uniform
+ across api docs and should be edited only with knowledge of the
+ templating mechanism.
+ 2) The <body> tag *must* retain id="body"
+ 3) All <body>.innerHTML is genereated as an rendering step. If viewed in a
+ browser, it will be re-generated from the template, json schema and
+ authored overview content.
+ 4) The <body>.innerHTML is also generated by an offline step so that this
+ page may easily be indexed by search engines.
+
+ TODO(rafaelw): Abstract this into a "pageshell" that becomes the single
+ version of page template shell and the "instance" pages (bookmarks.html,
+ etc...) can be generated with a build step.
+-->
+<!-- <html> must retain id="template -->
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+ <!-- <head> data is significant and loads the needed libraries and styles -->
+ <head>
+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
+ <title jscontent="pageTitle">pageTitle</title>
+ <link href="css/ApiRefStyles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
+ <script type="text/javascript"
+ src="../../../third_party/jstemplate/jstemplate_compiled.js">
+ </script>
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="js/api_page_generator.js"></script>
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="js/bootstrap.js"></script>
+ </head>
+ <!-- <body> content is completely generated. Do not edit, as it will be
+ and rewritten. -->
+ <body>
+ </body>
+</html>