A great tutorial for building a packaged Chrome app is available in this Google Code Lab and I used it as a starting point when I was working on my very first Chrome app, Simple TCP Client – BUT…..

…..I found the example code in that code lab a little complex for a complete n00b such as myself, so in case you feel the same way, I hope you find the following tutorial useful.

• Step 1 - Getting Started
• Step 2 - Creating the Manifest (manifest.json)
• Step 3 - The Background Script (background.js)
• Step 4 - Creating the HTML View
• Step 5 - Adding JavaScript Functionality
• Step 6 - Styling with CSS
• Step 7 - Using Chrome’s Storage API
• GIT Command Reference for this Tutorial