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Building a New Tab Chrome Extension with Zero Dependencies


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Building a New Tab Chrome Extension with Zero Dependencies will walk you through the basic steps needed to get started building a new tab Chrome Extension powered by an API without any dependencies. Google provides a ton of boilerplate examples, but digging through that mess can be a little like navigating through a labyrinth. Google recommends having a 128x128 pixel icon and a 16x16 pixel icon at minimum. The extension will be used when a user opens a new browser window and fetches content from an API.

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