K2 Chrome Extension

GitHub UI integration for K2 - Kernel Scheduling Method

Read about the features in the wiki

Installing the Chrome Extension

Easy (auto-updating)

1. Download the extension from here
2. Go to chrome://extensions
3. Drop the extension onto this window and let it install

From the Source Code (for development)

1. Go to chrome://extensions
2. Make sure you have Developer Mode enabled at the top
3. Click Load Unpacked Extension
4. Navigate to the dist folder and select it

NOTE: It Requests Your GitHub Password

Your github password is stored locally and securely. It is used to make basic auth calls to the GitHub API. This is so that we don't have to implement OAuth or a separate API and we can get around a lot of the rate limiting issues.

Installing this repo

git clone git@github.com:tgolen/k2-chrome-extension.git
cd k2-chrome-extension
npm install -g gulp
npm install

Gulp Taks

There are three main gulp tasks to use with this project. All files are output to the dist folder.

1. gulp - Run this when doing development. It will watch files and run all code standardizing tasks whenever the files are saved. It will build all the JS code together in an unminified version for easier debugging.
2. gulp build - This will doing the same thing as the normal gulp task except it won't watch files and will exit when finished.
3. gulp package - This will output a minified version of the code which can be used to submit to the Chrome Store.

Code Standards

This repo uses several tools to keep the code standardized.

JS Format - Sublime plugin, use this config for your personal package settings:

{
    // jsformat options
    "format_on_save": true,
    "jsbeautifyrc_files": true
}

Editorconfig - Use a plugin for your editor of choice

There is no configuration required as it should read the .editorconfig file in the root of the repo

JSCS

This is run via a gulp task and no confuragion required. It will use the AirBnB style guide by default.

JSHint

This is run via a gulp task

CSSLint

This is run via a gulp task