Webpack Chrome Extension Reloader

• Creates a manifest.json
• Reload only the chunk not all files.
• Restarts the chrome extension if has changed manifest.js, content_scripts.js, background.scripts
• background, content_scripts, devtools, options, popup, tab

Installation

npm install wcer --save-dev
// or
yarn add wcer --dev

Usage

Add wcer to the plugins section of your webpack configuration file.

const path  = require('path');
const ChromeReloadPlugin  = require('wcer');

module.exports = {
//...
    plugins: [
      new ChromeReloadPlugin({
        port: 9090, //optional, default: 9090
        manifest: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'manifest.js')
      })
    ] 
//...
}

Example

• Vue.js Chrome Extension