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| 1 <h1 class="page_title">Before You Start</h1> |
| 2 <p> |
| 3 This documentation tells you how to write packaged apps. |
| 4 All developers, however, should know that the new APIs |
| 5 for packaged apps are being released as a developer preview. |
| 6 This means that they are evolving daily, |
| 7 and anything you read now might be different in the near future. |
| 8 Please keep up to date with the API reference and documentation. |
| 9 If you hit any stumbling blocks, |
| 10 feedback is welcome at |
| 11 <a href="http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-apps">#chromium-
apps</a> |
| 12 </p> |
| 13 <p class="caution"> |
| 14 <b>Note:</b> |
| 15 If you've written packaged apps before, |
| 16 your <a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/apps.html">legacy package
d apps</a> |
| 17 will still work the way they always have, |
| 18 but they won't have access to the new APIs. |
| 19 </p> |
| 20 <h2 id="start">Where to start</h2> |
| 21 <p> |
| 22 The <a href="about_apps.html">Getting Started</a> guide is a great place to star
t. |
| 23 It's fast reading; shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to read all three docs. |
| 24 After the Getting Started guide, |
| 25 decide what's most relevant to you. |
| 26 The <a href="app_lifecycle.html">Fundamentals</a> guide covers |
| 27 the details of the app and data lifecycle, |
| 28 or learn more about good app design |
| 29 by reading <a href="app_frameworks.html">MVC Architecture</a>. |
| 30 We've also got lots of sample code in our repository |
| 31 that is linked to directly from the documentation. |
| 32 </p> |
| 33 <p> |
| 34 If you're familiar with the Chrome extension docs, |
| 35 then the Reference docs should seem familiar. |
| 36 Packaged apps and extensions share a common platform. |
| 37 They can access many of the same APIs, |
| 38 they have the same manifest and permissions format. |
| 39 Many of the reference docs are shared; |
| 40 we've filtered accessibility to docs that aren't shared. |
| 41 </p> |
| 42 <p class="backtotop"><a href="#top">Back to top</a></p> |
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