OctoLenses Browser Extension

Watch your repos and discover awesome things directly from your New Tab page.

As a developer, you shouldn't have to worry about that and instead focus on what is fundamental: your code

This extension allows you to create very precise filters that will nicely lay out all the information you need in order to be as productive as possible.

Installation

Simply download it on your favorite browser's extensions store.

It is available on both Google Chrome and Firefox.

Usage example

At my current job, we have quite a lovely system where each Pull Request is assigned a specific label depending on whether it's a WIP, under review or if it has been successfully (or not) reviewed.

I built this tool for the very purpose of keeping track of this, but this is not all it can do. It can do much more, such as:

• Helping you contribute to Open Source by presenting you with issues that are labelled Good first issue or Help wanted
• Helping you stay up to date with your favorite framework changes
• Allowing you to discover trendy repositories in your favorite language (similar to what GitHunt allows)

Development setup

You need a few tools before being able to build the extension:

• yarn, a JS package manager (on Mac: brew install yarn)
• jq, a JSON CLI utility (on Mac: brew install jq).
• sed, should be available on any Unix system.
• zip, should be available on any Unix system.

Then you can follow this process to develop/build the extension:

# Clone the repository
git clone [email protected]:rgehan/octolenses-browser-extension.git && \
cd octolenses-browser-extension

# Install the dependencies
yarn

# Run the development environment...
yarn start

# ...or build the extension
yarn build

The built extension (located in the dist/ folder), can then be loaded inside your browser as an unpacked extension, provided you're in developer mode.

https://github.com/rgehan/octolenses-browser-extension

Releasing

# Update changelog, increment version number & create release commit and tag
yarn release patch|minor|major

# Build the release .zip archive
yarn build

The archive can then be uploaded on the Chrome Store dashboard.

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/rgehan/octolenses-browser-extension/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
5. Create a new Pull Request

License

MIT © Renan GEHAN