Building a Cross-Browser Extension with Svelte: Integrating Tailwind, TypeScript and WebAssembly

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2024-06-28 06:30:03

Welcome to a comprehensive guide on building a high-performance cross-browser extension using Svelte. This tutorial will walk you through setting up a streamlined and powerful development environment designed for modern web applications. Here’s what we’ll cover:

By the end of this guide, you’ll have a robust setup that leverages the best practices and tools available for extension development. Let’s get started on building something exceptional.

lets first add for chrome , we will comeback to it later to add background and content scripts. For chrome it will be manifest v3

NOTE: after building for firefox, if you want to continue running the dev build always run ‘npm run chrome’ because otherwise the manifest of firefox wont be replaced.

after loading the extension in brave, lets change the color of main to blue and confirm that everything is working as expected.