Extensionizr - A Web App To Create The Basis For Your Own Chrome Extension

Extensionizr helps you create the basis for your own awesome chrome extension. Extensionizr helps you create the basis for your own awesome chrome extension.

Extensionizr will be always updated with the latest chrome manifest changes. In addition, I wanted to create a client-side only tool. Extensionizr doesn't use server side code.

Requirements: None
Demo: http://extensionizr.com/
License: MIT License or GPL

RailwayJS - An MVC Framework To Create Node.js Web Apps Faster With More Energy

RailwayJS is the Node.js MVC framework based on Express.js, fully Express.js compatible.  It allows you to build web applications in a similar manner as in Ruby On Rails.  The main objective of the framework - web development without pain.

Features

• Full MVC+H stack
• Resource-based routing
• JugglingDB ORM
• Multi-locale support
• Coffee-script support (howto)
• Generators for model, controller, scaffold
• Testing: nodeunit, cucumis, code coverage reporting
• Debugging: railway console
• Extensions

Requirements: Node.js
Demo: http://railwayjs.com/
License: MIT License

Fokus - A JavaScript Library For Emphasized Text-Highlighting

Fokus uses JavaScript to emphasize anything you select by covering the rest of the page with semi-transparent black.  The library has no dependencies and weighs in at around 3kb. A <canvas> element is used to paint the cut-out cover.

Forkus works in most modern browsers except IE and touch devices.  Forkus is also available as a Google Chrome extension.

Requirements: None
Demo: http://lab.hakim.se/fokus/
License: MIT License

CoffeeConsole - A Chrome Extension Allowing Writing Of CoffeeScript Within The Web Inspector And Run It Within The Context Of The Current Window

CoffeeConsole is a Chrome extension compatible with Chrome 18+ to allow writing of CoffeeScript within the Web Inspector and run it within the context of the current window, just like the built-in console.  Features:

• Syntax highlighting provided via the ACE editor http://ace.ajax.org/
• CoffeeScript compilation https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script
• Command+Enter or Shift+Enter to run the current script

Requirements: None
Demo: None
License: MIT License

BabelEXT - A Cross-Browser Extension Development Library/Boilerplate

BabelExt is a library (or perhaps more of a boilerplate) meant to simplify the development of cross-browser "userscript" style extensions for the following browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari.

It's likely that BabelExt will appeal most to either new extension developers, or to the existing pool of Greasemonkey script developers - which is how I got started with extension development.

The transition from Greasemonkey development to browser extension development wasn't too difficult - but there are a few nuances in each browser that are a bit of a pain to circumvent if you're in a "Greasemonkey mindset".

BabelExt is definitely more suited for developers wanting to create "content enhancement" extensions that enhance websites. It's not made for creating addons such as AdBlock Plus, etc.

BabelExt takes care of commonly used functionality that you might want to perform in content-script-like extension. Some of these things seem simple, but each browser has its own function calls and way of working, including, but not limited to:

• Accessing and controlling tabs (i.e. opening a link in a new one and choosing if it's focused)
• Cross domain http requests (extensions require)
• Storing data (using HTML5 localStorage or similar/equivalent engines)
• Triggering notifications (desktop or browser, depending on the browser's particular level of support)
• Adding URLs to history (to mark links as visited)
• Note: this is a bit of a hack in all non-Chrome browsers...
• Adding CSS to the page

Requirements: None
Demo: http://babelext.com/demo/
License: Free