I assume you have Node.js already installed on your machine.

Start with getting the code

git clone https://github.com/jarrodek/ChromeRestClient.git

When ready go to the directory and switch to a chrome-app branch

cd ChromeRestClient
git checkout chrome-app

Next install dependencies:

npm install && bower install

Take a coffee break. It will take a while... You can also install gifi, a wrapper for npm install that will display a random gif while waiting for npm:

Well, the app is ready to develop / preview. You can either load the app from chrome://extensions/ page (check "Developer mode" check box) or run command:

npm run arc

Thanks for testing and don't forget to file an issue report if you find a bug.

If you run into trouble caused by CSP environment you can run following command:

gulp crisper-bower

This will crisper the bower_components directory and make the app works again.