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[GaurangTandon]

Hi! I'm interested in contributing to this project. It seems to have been quite some time since this web watcher got any commits :'(

I did the following simple changes:

1. Major change: Setup ESLint: quite essential as more contributors get involved in the project. Most changes in JS files are automatic lint changes, with minor manual variable renaming, etc.
2. Minor change: Update package versions: just bumped them up
3. Minor change: ES modules + Webpack: it is better than traditional commonjs requires. To be fair, given a certain minimum supported Chrome version, we won't need any transpilation using webpack, as ES6 works out of the box in background pages. But I leave that for another day.

I have verified the web watcher works on both Chrome and Firefox (sends correct tab data to the server in testing mode). I am not sure how to test it further.

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After this MR, I intend to look into the MV3 migration and some more extensive testing strategies (perhaps using playwright?).
Please let me know how the maintainers plan to move this project forward. Thanks!

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[ErikBjare]

It seems to have been quite some time since this web watcher got any commits :'(

This is a good thing! That means it works as intended, and that we can focus our efforts elsewhere :)

ES modules + Webpack

We're actively trying to avoid complex bundling schemes (as webpack tends to entail) since new releases need to be reviewed by Google/Mozilla, and they don't like it when you use webpack/lots of dependencies.

If you could get ES modules to work with browserify, that would be preferable.

I intend to look into the MV3 migration

That would be very nice! I don't think it should be any trouble, hopefully :)

Also, looks like package-lock.json it outdated (CI fails). Try updating it.

[GaurangTandon]

Thanks for your prompt reply @ErikBjare . Regarding webpack being complex, unfortunately, I cannot find a good way to use ES modules with browserify. However, I wish to ask you if webpack vs browserify matters in this simple use case. Would the bundle size be any different when using either?

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