Chrome DevTools Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights

Score9.6 out of 10

133 Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights for Chrome DevTools are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

User-Friendly Interface: Users have praised the tool's user-friendly interface, highlighting its ease of navigation and quick learning curve. They appreciate the well-documented design that prevents confusion during use, making tasks more efficient and enjoyable.

Debugging Capabilities: Reviewers value the tool for its robust debugging features such as DOM exploration, live CSS debugging, and detailed resources downloading reports, which greatly support front-end development tasks by enabling precise issue identification.

Performance Analysis Features: Customers commend the tool's performance analysis capabilities for checking API response time, modifying CSS elements effectively, and swiftly identifying coding issues. These functionalities are instrumental in enhancing development efficiency and code quality through accurate performance insights.

Chrome DevTools Reviews

7 Reviews

Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesInformation Technology & Services3Marketing & Advertising1Design2Research1

Great intuitive tool used by all

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 18, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Chrome DevTools is used by all developers in our organization to investigate and debug frontend issues with Javascript, inspect html elements on websites and run performance tests.
It's also used by the devops team to inspect the network requests and responses from the site and its assets. Features like cookies, sessions and other variables are checked as well.
It is an invaluable tool for everyone in the company.

Pros

debugging tool
html inspection
network inspection
cookie and session debugging
performance audit

Cons

integrate with gemini or other ai tools to provide recommendations

Likelihood to Recommend

It is extremely useful for the devops team to inspect network requests and debug slow responses or check headers from specific headers.
It is also great to run performance tests and frontend audits.
The frontend team use it to inspect html elements, debug css and preview any css changes.

Alternatives

Mozilla Firefox and BrowserStack

It is much faster than other tools and being integrated within the browser makes it easier to use as there is no time wasted switching context.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

12 years of experience

Chrome DevTools

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 9, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Chrome DevTools has been helpful to identify issues in terms of layout and functionality and enhance current security measures.

Pros

Usability
Ease
Shortcuts

Cons

Navigating through the tools
Installation
Tool identification

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall, I am quite happy with the service and there have been various instances where the software has been beneficial, some of which include: - easier to make changes to interfaces/browsers - making edits - improved productivity - identifying problems - improving efficiency - removing bugs from the interface

Alternatives

I have not used any other tools that are similar to Chrome DevTools. However, I have been thoroughly impressed by the Chrome DevTools service and its features. With its extensive features, I would imagine it would serve as a top leader in comparison to similar products and services provided by other organizations.

Natasha Ing

Student in Research & Development at IBI Group (Design, 5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Great and free tool for JavaScript Developers

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 8, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Chrome DevTools is very useful for debugging front-end projects. In this, we have a lot of options to check application performance. We can see the cookie and stored values. We can see network call status and response in the network tab. We can run the javascript in the console of the developer tool. We can set breakpoints or debugger points to check errors in the script. We can see all HTML element structure in the Elements tab. We can test the performance of the application using the performance insights tool. We recently used this tool to check application timeout using the console tab.

Pros

It is very useful for front end developers to test JavaScript code
DevTools given flexibility to check API response time(load time)
It is used to check DOM element structure and we can change element structure for testing purposes.
Is used to test and modify the CSS of Page elements

Cons

Chrome DevTools need to provide options to download application performance reports
They need to provide some type of editor for developers to write code on the fly.
They need to give security information in the console to developers
Compared to other tools, Chrome DevTools are very useful but if they provide more options like code editors, that will be helpful.

Likelihood to Recommend

1. It is very useful for debugging javascript. 2. Check CSS style. 3. We can check element structure. 4. It is very useful for network call checking. 5. We can check the responsiveness of websites like mobile, and tab simulators 6. This tool is very useful for traffic reports 7. We can check the score of the accessibility report.

Alternatives

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

We can use code editors but by using DevTools we can write code and see output on the fly. We have similar alternatives like Firefox, and Microsoft edge but they did not provide this much flexibility and options. Chrome DevTools introduced some features like full screenshots. Google given documentation for understanding and learning dev tools.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Chrome's DevTools are very potent for front-end designers

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 7, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Chrome DevTools are a complete set of resources for creating websites and online applications. To help developers create better, quicker, and more responsive websites, Google has integrated a development tool straight into the Chrome browser. We use a wide variety of frontend technology stacks for our websites, from the relatively dated to the cutting edge. Chrome's DevTools are used to ensure webpages are compatible with older browsers.

Pros

Running JavaScript on the fly is possible via the console.
Method for determining where a network is slowing down.
Take a look at how a page is structured by using the DOM in Inspect.

Cons

High demands on both RAM and processing power.
The steepness of the learning curve.
The Chrome DevTool needs to provide an editing panel in addition to the console. Creating functions that span many lines would be helpful.

Likelihood to Recommend

All-in-one platform for creating websites. It's simple to inspect the dom structure and source code, which facilitates JavaScript code debugging. Modifying the CSS and stylesheets on the fly is a breeze. To aid with performance troubleshooting, the network tab lists each HTTP request in great detail. Refactoring and improving legacy web applications by integrating modern front-end frameworks like React.

Alternatives

Sentry

Although it uses a lot of memory, we chose Chrome DevTools over Sentry since it comes pre-installed with the browser and has better performance overall. Manipulating the Document Object Model (DOM) and pseudo-classes in Chrome DevTools is a breeze, and you can even do it from the browser's intuitive interface. This makes Chrome DevTools superior to equivalent tools in other browsers like Safari.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Chrome DevTools are Essential to Workflow

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 6, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Chrome DevTools inspector almost every day to source code, or to see how a website looks on mobile. I also use Page Speed Insights on a very regular basis to check site performance and improve scores. In WordPress, I also use a plug-in to use speed insights to check page speed scores within WordPress itself. I only scratch the surface of Chrome DevTools and honestly couldn't work without them. They are completely indispensable to my workflow.

Pros

Identify code
Previews on different devices
Performance of webpage

Cons

There should be a "Chrome DevTools for non-developers" course - sometimes the documentation is very technical.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is beyond useful within Chrome itself, to identify pieces of code and preview sites on different devices. Any and almost all job that revolves around website or content creation needs should use DevTools. It's probably less well suited for "amateur" website builders, but in order to QA work, designers, developers, SEO analysts, and writers can all benefit from using these tools.

Alternatives

Bugzilla

It's just built into Chrome and is so easy to use. Any other extension within chrome is one step removed - the use of DevTools is just part of the fabric of Chrome and integral to my everyday tasks.

Verified User

Professional (Design company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience

Great tool for web development

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 29, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Chrome DevTools is being used by a few development departments in the organization. In our team, we used it for a few purposes:
1. To examine the DOM of a web app.
2. Aid development of web apps: check the API requests and response.
3. Performance analysis: use the performance tool to analyze the bottleneck of the app.

Pros

The "inspect" tool is very convenient. It can show the DOM structure interactively.
The performance analysis tool is very comprehensive. Easy to spot bottleneck.
The console is very handy for ad-hoc JavaScript running.

Cons

In the "Element" section, when mouse-over an element, the corresponding part in the web will be highlighted. It is sometimes annoying as the mouse moves around.

Likelihood to Recommend

Chrome DevTools is excellent for a few scenarios:
1. Web development
During web development, the "Elements" tool is very good for inspecting the frontend appearance of the web site. The "Network" tool is very good for inspecting whether the requests and responses go as expected.

2. Monitoring the behaviour and performance after a web app is created
The "Performance" tool can show the behaviour and bottleneck very easily.

Alternatives

I have tried Firefox DevTools. It has similar functionality with Chrome DevTools.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (Research company, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

The Developer Tool for Chrome users

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

April 12, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I mainly use Chrome DevTools for making little tweaks to the CSS/HTML of the page and immediately see the result. In other cases, it is also used for debugging and speed tests.

Pros

While designing or editing a webpage Chrome DevTools lets you easily make changes to your HTML/CSS and immediately show the result in your Chrome browser.
In the console, Chrome DevTools, shows errors inside your page.
You can use the console of Chrome DevTools to send Javascript messages, this is a handy tool to try out Javascript functions or to debug.
The timeline in Chrome Devtools can be used for optimizing the speed of your website.

Cons

There are many functions and this might be hard for starters.
User interface could be improved

Likelihood to Recommend

It is a great tool for improving your website.
The design with making changes in the HTML/CSS but also your javascript code.
Making changes and immediately getting the result in the browser without having to upload anything to a web server.
If you are looking for some of the used resources in the website you are viewing there is a handy overview in the sources tab.

Alternatives

Firebug and Firefox Developer Tools

Chrome is my browser of choice and so Chrome DevTools is the tool to use here. In the past I used Firebug in Firefox (now Firefox Developer Tools) and had a good experience with that tools too. They are very similar.

Christiaan Bollen

SEO Expert & Founder in Marketing at Boljoro (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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