for writing code
https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2020/12/03/chromebook-get-started#_install-vs-code
for testing API routes
- Download Postman from https://www.postman.com/downloads/
- Move the downloaded zip to a location inside linux files
- Open up the linux terminal and navigate to where you put the zip
- Run
tar -xvf postman-linux-x64.tar.gz
(but check if you need to change the filename) - Run
sudo apt install libnss3
- Run
mkdir ~/.local/share/applications
- Open a text editor.
- Add the following text, making sure to change the YOURUSERNAME to your actual username. (use
pwd
to find out how it’s actually spelled)
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Postman
Exec=/home/**YOURUSERNAME**/Postman/app/Postman %U
Icon=/home/**YOURUSERNAME**/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;
- Save that file with the name Postman.desktop
- Move that file to the correct folder (the one you created on the 2nd part: ~/.local/share/applications
- search for Postman it should show up right away
based on : https://community.postman.com/t/installing-the-new-native-app-in-chromeos/5115/8
dpkg --print-architecture