Very interested in the new API to run dynamic scripts. I wonder if Chrome will release a privileged API to run RHS to allow userscripts to continue working.
Hi HN, we are excited to release our open beta. You can directly download our extension builder from the Chrome store today!
Creating and deploying Chrome Extensions is not as straightforward as deploying a webapp (even though CRXs are much simpler). We've been working on helping developers with basic JS skills create custom Chrome Extensions!
Come try building your own extension :)
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We've been working on a set of templates to show off what you can build as well.
Once you sign in, try out these ready to use templates
Especially curious what the actual distribution of users for these low code internal tools are. Theres a lot of rhetoric about how business users/operations can quickly create tools, but it really seems like developers are the main customer.
We posted a Show HN 73 days ago about extension.dev. In the 73 days since our last post, we interviewed 70 of you over Zoom. With your help, we designed, built, and shipped V1 of extension.dev. We are now ready to help everyone build and share their own custom extensions.
V1 of extension.dev focuses on helping engineers at companies build Chrome extensions to make their teammates more productive. We've seen early users create context-aware Sidebars to reduce context switching, add buttons to their internal dashboards, and even modify the DOM by removing intrusive elements.
We are excited to invite the HN community to join the developer preview before we make a public release!
This is cool, extremely relevant now that Google removed payments for extensions!
We are free during the developer preview/beta and plan to have a really generous hobby tier. We are rolling our own Stripe integration down the road for enterprise users!
Yeah! We drew a lot of inspiration from TamperMonkey. We think of what we are building almost as an "enterprise user script." We have a "shell" extension that hosts all the UI, automations, and JS that you write. And, when you are ready to share with your team, you can just install our shell extension, login, and everything you built is instantly available to those with access!
Yeah! RPA is a really really powerful tool. We've seen companies hack RPA to add UI to existing tools as well.
Selenium is a bit tough because you end up with scripts that are hard for business users to execute. AutoIt and iMacros are solid web automation tools, but they lack the extensibility of a custom solution (to do things like add UI) and are also hard to share with non-technical users across a company.
Ohh, We haven't tried WebSQL yet with our builder, but from a quick Google search it seems possible!
Another route is to use something like http://alasql.org/ to cache data in localstorage so you can query it instantly. Would a search UX be better, or a text box to directly write SQL over your data?
Sad to see that FloydHub didn't work out, but you really did build an amazing platform.