You have to add your jquery script to your chrome-extension project and to the background
section of your manifest.json like this :
"background":
{
"scripts": ["thirdParty/jquery-2.0.3.js", "background.js"]
}
If you need jquery in a content_scripts, you have to add it in the manifest too:
"content_scripts":
[
{
"matches":["http://website*"],
"js":["thirdParty/jquery.1.10.2.min.js", "script.js"],
"css": ["css/style.css"],
"run_at": "document_end"
}
]
This is what I did.
Also, if I recall correctly, the background scripts are executed in a background window that you can open via chrome://extensions
.