| <h1 id="lab_1_set_up_development_environment">Set Up Development Environment</h1> |
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| <h2 id="dependencies_and_prerequisites">Dependencies and prerequisites</h2> |
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| <ul> |
| <li><p><a href="https://tools.google.com/dlpage/chromesxs">Chrome Canary on Mac and Windows</a> and <a href="http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel#TOC-Linux">Chromium Dev on Linux</a></p></li> |
| <li><p>Open your preferred text editor. We have an under-development <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_FTILqlbsg&hd=1">Chrome apps plugin</a> for <a href="http://www.sublimetext.com">Sublime</a>.</p></li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h2 id="set_up_chrome">Set up Chrome</h2> |
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| <ol> |
| <li><p>Make sure you are using Chrome Canary. Access <code>chrome://version</code> and check if there is a <code>canary</code> keyword at the end of the first line:<br> |
| <img src="{{static}}/images/codelab/screenshot1.png" alt="Checking Chrome version"></p></li> |
| <li><p>Enable flags in <code>chrome://flags</code></p> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li>Experimental Extension APIs</li> |
| <li>Enable debugging for packed apps</li> |
| </ul></li> |
| <li><p>Enable Developer mode in <code>chrome://extensions</code>:<br> |
| <img src="{{static}}/images/codelab/screenshot2.png" alt="Enabling developer mode"></p></li> |
| </ol> |
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| <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> Open the <code>chrome://extensions</code> page in its own window and keep it assessible as you work through the lab. |
| You will use this page quite a bit to load and reload the Todo app.</p> |
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| <h2 id="set_up_workspace">Set up workspace</h2> |
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| <p>If you don't have it yet, <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git">install git</a> and run:</p> |
| |
| <p><pre> |
| git clone git://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-app-codelab.git |
| </pre></p> |
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| <h2 id="what_39_s_next_">What's next?</h2> |
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| <p>In <a href="app_codelab2_basic">2 - Create Basic App</a>, you will create your first Chrome App!</p> |
