10 Essential Chrome Extensions for Web Developers

The web developer community is always learning something new and creating something impactful. Productivity plays a big role in their journey to greatness¹. Chrome extensions are one such technique that allows us to boost the outcome of the hard work that we dedicate to our craft¹. Here are 10 useful Chrome extensions that can improve our productivity as web developers:

1. Loom: One of the most used screen recording extensions in the Chrome Web Store. It enables us to record our screen, share our ideas graphically and provide real-time responses¹.

2. Window Resizer: This extension resizes the browser window to replicate different resolutions. It gives us a feel of personalization as it lets us add, delete and reorder the list of resolutions that we want to test¹².

3. Check My Links: A link analyzer that scans our website for broken links. This extension is especially tailored for web developers as they are always in a bid to make their website content flawless¹.

4. Wappalyzer: A tech stack assessor that lists the tools and technologies that are used to build a website. It allows us to learn about the CMS (Content Management System), frameworks, JavaScript libraries and more¹².

5. Session Buddy: An extension that enables us to conveniently manage browser tabs and bookmarks. It saves the open tabs as collections that we can restore later at any given point in time¹.

6. Lighthouse: An open-source, autonomous tool for enhancing the quality, efficiency and accuracy of our web apps. It audits a page by running a series of tests on it and then generating a report that summarizes the page’s performance¹.

7. Requestly: Lets us build, test and debug web apps with Intercept & Modify HTTP Requests, Mock Server, API Client and Session Recording. It brings the abilities of Fiddler, Charles Proxy and more such tools into the browser with an attractive and modern UI¹.

8. Grepper: An extension that answers the queries of the developer community. It allows us to swiftly extract code snippets from across the web that we can then use in our projects to make progress in our journey¹.

9. BrowserStack: Enables us to test our website on desktop or mobile browsers. It is a helpful extension for web developers who want to make cross-browser testing an integral part of their development workflow¹³.

10. Octotree: An extension that helps us with code review and exploration on GitHub. Using this tool, we can bookmark repositories, issues, pull requests & files, perform quick searches and navigate pull requests with ease¹.

References

¹: 10 Useful Chrome Extensions for Web Developers - DEV Community ²: 26 Must Have Chrome Extensions for Web Developers [2023] - Astra ³: 16 Best Chrome Extensions for Developers in 2023 | BrowserStack

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Chrome Extensions, Web Developers, Loom, Window Resizer, Check My Links, Wappalyzer, Session Buddy, Lighthouse, Requestly, Grepper, BrowserStack, Octotree