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Build Coding with Chrome

What you need to build your own Coding with Chrome App

In order to build the Coding with Chrome App, you only need to have Node.js/npm, git and Open JDK / Java JRE installed on your system.

Each build is cross platform compatible. Which mean if you build the Coding with Chrome App on Windows you could use the generated code genfiles/chrome_app folder in other platforms like Mac OS X as well.

Windows

Install Node.js from the official web page at https://nodejs.org

Mac OS X

Install Node.js from the official web page at https://nodejs.org

Linux/BSD

Use your package manager to install Node.js, or build from source.

  • Optional, if not already installed
    • Use your package manager to install git, or build from source.
    • Install Open JDK or Java JRE
    • Install Google Chrome browser at https://google.com/chrome

How to build your own Coding with Chrome App

Get the sources

Download the source files manual from GitHub or with git by running:

git clone --recursive git://github.com/google/coding-with-chrome.git

Switch into the downloaded folder

To be able to execute the following commands, you need to switch to the downloaded folder by running:

cd coding-with-chrome

Init / update submodules

In some cases you need to init and update the submodules manually by:

git submodule init
git submodule update

Get required packages

Enter the "coding-with-chrome" directory and get the required packages by:

npm install

Sync the project folder

In order to update all dependencies automatically, just run the following command:

npm run sync

Build the actual app

There are several ways to use Coding with Chrome, each of them have their advantage or disadvantage.

In general we are offering the following versions: