Resource Finder

An extension for searching Bower for front-end packages for use with CodePen and other apps like it.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-04-20
Users: 80
Version: 0.5.2 (Last updated: 2015-04-09)
Creation date: 2015-04-09
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • clipboardWrite
Size: 390.14K

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Extension summary

TL;DR

Easily search Bower for external file links to use in CodePen, JSFiddle, JSBin demos.


When creating a new front-end demo in your preferred demo-creator web app, i.e. CodePen, JSFiddle, JSBin, etc, and you want to use an external JavaScript or CSS library that isn't bundled with that web app; what do you do?

  • Leave the web app
  • Search GitHub/Bower/NPM/CDN for that asset
  • Find the right link to the asset
  • Copy the url
  • Come back to the web app
  • Paste the asset url into the respective text input for external resources in the web app
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Resource Finder requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Resource Finder may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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