The development of Puppeteer Recorder, a Chrome extension that records browser interactions and generates a Puppeteer script, involves several key components including the `manifest.json` file, background scripts, content scripts, popup UI, options page UI, and the Chrome global. The Chrome global provides access to storage, messaging, and state management, but using it can be tricky due to its quasi-embedded nature. State is persisted using the native chrome.storage API, with different components handling state in varying ways. Debugging requires multiple Dev Tools windows, while building involves transpiling ESx, compiling SASS/SCSS, and testing with Jest or Puppeteer. Distributing the extension to the web store involves packaging code into a zip file, creating a Chrome Web Store Developer account, and providing images and a video.