Productive Cycles

Pomodoro-inspired timer extension for Firefox and Google Chrome

This article from the Trello blog explains it nicely

Features

• Timer with configurable minutes
• Configurable cycles - number of periods the user wants the timer to repeat itself for
• Tracker for completed cycles during each session
• Notifications sent to the user once the timer expires

Inspiration

• A hands-on project to practice Javascript, and to learn more about listeners + asynchronous programming
• Automating a technique that has worked really well for me
• Chrome extension vs. mobile app: quicker deployment
• This became an opportunity to publish a piece of software in a store for the first time

License

MIT License; check out the LICENSE.md file in the repo

References

• MDN Web Docs - Web Extensions
• Chrome Developer Resources - Extensions

Icons

From the open source collection Font Awesome

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Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/diegoserranor/productive-cycles-webext.git

2. Install the necessary modules npm install (assuming you have Node installed)

3. Run a production build with npm run build

4. Load the extension to the browser:

   • Firefox - Visit about:debugging and load it as a temporary extension

   • Chrome - Visit chrome:extensions, enable the developer mode, and load it as an unpacked extension