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Chrome DevTools

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What is Chrome DevTools?

Chrome DevTools is a set of authoring, debugging, and profiling tools built into Google Chrome.

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State of the art but with a steep learning curve

Incentivized
Martin DimmockView profile
Owner, Chief Developer at HarryAdney Internet Services (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Chrome DevTools are an invaluable suite of web development tools for us at HarryAdney Internet Services for debugging, optimising, and enhancing our clients' websites. They make identifying any coding errors that may lead to slow or bloated websites. We use the tools extensivley in our web deveopment work to monitor and fix any errors or display issues which can arise.

Pros

  • The Elements panel is usually our first port of call to inspect and modify HTML and CSS in real-time.
  • The Issues panel helps us to identify and resolve problems like cookie issues etc.
  • The console panel allows developers to see the log output created by their website in real-time.
  • Lighthouse helps us identify any issues with accessibility

Cons

  • They are tied to Chrome-based browsers, so don't give a reliable overview for user using other browsers, such as Safari or Firefox.
  • There are so many "panels" it can get a bit overwhelming to use.

Return on Investment

  • As a professional design and development agency we need to provide quality services to our clients. Chrome DevTools helps us deliver on that promise.
  • We use Chrome DevTools on 100% of our client websites in combination with other more specialist tools for specific scenarios not adequately covered by Chrome DevTools.
  • There's a definite learning curve to using Chrome DevTools, as you'd expect with such an extensive suite of tools. It's not unknown for "word blindness" to kick in, occasionally.

Usability

Other Software Used

Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Windsurf, Bitwarden, Google Drive, Malwarebytes

Every web developer, front end designer needs DevTools

Incentivized
Laura GloverView profile
Information Designer in Professional Services at The Pixel Zoo (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Chrome Dev Tools help me debug my websites, find css classes to change styles on my development websites, and also use it to test various different view ports , device or what the website looks like on certain mobiles. It also has the Lighthouse functionality which aids in my SEO activities and determining the performance of the website such as how the page assets load and page load speeds

Pros

  • inspect elements by right clicking directly on the element on the website
  • determine page speeds and optimization advise for SEO using the lighthouse
  • great for seeing what websites will look like on mobile

Cons

  • I don't really like the UI and visual aspect of the tool, I prefer a dark theme
  • Sometimes it glitches after editing a style, and then I can't edit other styles until reload

Most Important Features

  • Element Inspector
  • Mobile views
  • Lighthouse

Return on Investment

  • It helps me every day to get my work done
  • My websites can be easily styled as I can check these styles easily in the front end
  • I spend less time figuring out what code is needed to get my websites to look right

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Mozilla Firefox

Other Software Used

Zoho Campaigns, Trello, Google Workspace, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer

Simple as you want or complex as you need.

Incentivized
José Gomes
Systems Engineer in Engineering at LudusCristaltec (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Chrome DevTools allows us to debug/profile our online games' performance with detailed information about timings and call stacks per rendered frame. Using Chrome DevTools has allowed us to support many more lower-end devices and improve the quality of our products for every user. The powerful network tools are also amazing for improving loading times and figuring out WebSocket issues!

Pros

  • Detailed debug info per frame with a very intuitive UI.
  • Remote Chrome DevTools also works very well when using it on another remote machine.
  • The script override tools are excellent and easy to use.

Cons

  • I find the memory tab a little confusing, and with too much information, that can be hard for beginners.

Return on Investment

  • Much more stable releases.
  • More time spent on the product experience rather than bug fixing.
  • A lot more users due to the improved performance in low-end mobile devices.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Safari and Mozilla Firefox

Other Software Used

MobaXTerm, Redis Software

Great intuitive tool used by all

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

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

Return on Investment

  • It makes developers faster by allowing changes to CSS directly in browser without wasting time with other tools
  • It allows sysadmins to investigate issues with slow pages and speed up performance thus having a direct impact on site users

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Mozilla Firefox and BrowserStack

Other Software Used

BrowserStack, Mozilla Firefox, Cloudflare, Cloudflare Workers, ChatGPT, Gemini, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Discord

Chrome DevTools

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

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

Most Important Features

  • Improved efficiency
  • Built into the system
  • Usability

Return on Investment

  • Reduced errors
  • Efficiency
  • Quality of work

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PhotoShop