Announcing Appmator. Get your apps in the Web Store in under a minute!

This content originally appeared on Modern Web Development with Chrome and was authored by Paul Kinlan

<p>I am excited (<– every 'press release' starts like this, but this isn't a press release) to announce <em>Appmator</em>, a tool that I have developed for you, developers of great web apps to help you get your apps in to the Chrome Web Store in under a minute!</p> <p>With the recent release of the Google Chrome Webstore (literally 10 minutes ago) developers now have an amazing channel to reach over 100 million users of Chrome.</p> <p>It is <a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/webstore">pretty easy</a> to get your existing Web apps <a href="http://chrome.google.com/webstore/developer/dashboard">in to the store</a>. Now it is even easier using <a href="http://appmator.appspot.com/">Appmator</a>, simply go to the <a href="http://appmator.appspot.com/">App</a>, add your URL and press enter. You will then have a Zip file that you can upload directly to the store. You can even modify the output to suit your needs!</p> <p>It is even in the <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pndpgaogppgnfdnagodccjlhfjgdefij">Chrome Web Store</a> so you can install it <em>now</em>. The great thing is, that this tool was packaged ready for the store using <em>itself</em>! Sweet.</p> <p>It does some pretty cool stuff, all of which I will cover in JavaScript Tutorials in the next couple of days, here is a sneak peak:</p> <ul> <li> Use of beautiful Webfonts to enhance the UI</li> <li> Uses Modernizer to feature detect – I will probably do some workaround for other browsers soon.</li> <li> Uses classList to quickly modify styling and state</li> <li> Creates the package (zip file) all on the client side (this is my favorite bit) using the awesome <a href="https://github.com/Stuk/jszip/tree">jszip</a></li> <li> Allows users to drag a zip file on to the desktop so that it can easily be uploaded</li> <li> Uses ArrayBuffers to initiate a client side download (it is a bit of a hack – but pretty cool)</li> <li> Detects favicon support so that you can quickly re-use your existing assets</li> <li> Uses flexible box model for layout.</li> <li> Mostly works offline (supports appcache) – ok, this is in the next version.</li> </ul> <p>And the best thing is, it is all open and the source code is available on <a href="http://github.com/PaulKinlan/appmator">GitHub</a></p> <p>All feedback and suggestions are welcome. And if you spot any bugs (and you will) please <a href="https://github.com/PaulKinlan/appmator/issues">file a bug</a></p>

This content originally appeared on Modern Web Development with Chrome and was authored by Paul Kinlan