Extensions enhance the functionality of your browser by adding additional features and capabilities. For instance, the Grammarly writing assistance plugin may evaluate your spelling, grammar, and punctuation and recommend better sentences, making it easier for you to write emails or academic papers. Similar to how web developers benefit from employing these extensions, which are often free, is that they save time and money. Everything from the web page font to the underlying technology aids in daily product development and optimization and can be used to enhance those that are already in use.
Chrome is a terrific browser – fast, well-designed, and chock-full of essential features – but that’s just the beginning. Chrome’s greatest power is its large library of add-ons, which gives it a limitless number of new features and abilities. In fact, the Chrome Web Store is crammed with so many extensions that it’s difficult to determine which ones will actually improve your surfing experience and developing experience. According to Statista, it is estimated that as of 2021, Chrome was the preferred browser of an estimated 3.2 billion internet users worldwide. It’s safe to say that most web developers favor Chrome.
Since most developers prefer using the Chrome browser, this article will list the 5 best Chrome extensions for Web Developers.
6. WhatFont
The simplest method for identifying fonts on websites.
What is the quickest way to learn what fonts were used on a website? For developers, Firebug and Webkit Inspector are simple to use. For others, though, this shouldn’t be necessary. By simply hovering over web fonts, you might examine them with this extension. That’s how easy and refined it is.
I personally use this extension whenever I find fonts that caught my interest. I can just hover on the desired font, and Boom, the font’s information will appear, thus, I can use this font for my own website which is pretty cool and saves a lot of time.
5. Eye Dropper
I remember the first time I learn web development, choosing color was a nightmare. Whenever I came across a website that has a good color combination, I always want to try them on my own. However, the thing is that it is impossible to know each color’s number. So I just pick a random color and see if it fits. This process took more time than the development itself. One day, I try searching for a chrome extension that would help me with web development and I accidentally came across this extension which changed my experience with web development forever.
Eye Dropper is a Chrome and Chromium extension. You can choose a color from any website or an advanced color picker with this tool. The tool is excellent for web developers.
4. Window Resizer
Nowadays, more and more people visit the internet using a range of devices, browsers, screen sizes, and resolutions. To make web pages and apps responsive and completely functional across all potential device combinations, a positive user experience is essential. This is by far the best extension for web developers who focus on responsive design because, with this add-on, they can simply test the UI of their webpage according to different screen sizes.
This extension resizes the browser window to simulate different resolutions. It helps web designers and developers test their layouts on various browser resolutions, which is especially valuable for them.
3. Wappalyzer
This extension can identify web technologies used in a website. Wappalyzer is more than a CMS or framework detector: it finds over a thousand technologies in dozens of categories, including programming languages, analytics, marketing tools, payment processors, CRM, CDN, and others.
This extension is good for especially, for those who are new to web development. With this add-on, people will be able to learn what technologies are used in famous websites, what kind of programming language the website used, CDN, etc. This is important because people can explore more within that technologies and may be able to implement them into their self-built websites. Also, they can learn what kind of famous technologies are used in the modern world and focus on that technologies in order to hone their skill in the future.
2. Lighthouse
Website software testing removes impediments that can harm your website’s ranking, promotes interactivity through optimal design, and makes backlinking easier. While it is vital to develop your website to increase brand awareness, generate leads, and drive sales, you must also guarantee that all website parts work effectively. As we know, web developers already have a lot of work on their own, so it is not easy for them to develop a webpage without flaws. That is why with this extension developers may be able to test their developed webpage to see its performance and major metrics in order to avoid any issues that would occur once the site is published.
Lighthouse is a tool that enhances web page performance and quality by running fast tests and auditing the page to provide a report that helps detect weak places.
1. Session Buddy
As we all know, as a software engineer, we rely a lot on the internet. We spend most of our time doing research whether it is about technologies or problems we face during our development. Personally, every time I develop a website, I always have a hard time managing all the tabs I have used, and sometimes once I want to go back to a site that provides a good explanation, I just simply lost them. That is why, with the help of this extension, I am able to save all the tabs that I think could potentially help me in the future and don’t have to worry about going back to the chrome history to check one by one.
Session Buddy is a popular session manager that helps developers to manage their tabs by preserving open tabs as collections that can later be restored. After a crash, it can also retrieve the tabs.
You can simply locate what you’re looking for in open or saved tabs by using search functions. I believe this extension will undoubtedly save you a lot of time and allows you to work faster and more effectively. Also, you don’t have to be a developer to use this extension, this one is specifically targeted to those who work a lot with researching and learning and since web developers rely a lot on researching, I think I would 100% recommend this add-on to them.
So these are the top 6 Chrome extensions that I found very interesting and I am, personally, still using them all because it helps me to work fast and effectively. I hope that I can help you guys, the readers, to learn something new, especially with web development. I also hope that these extensions would be handy for you guys in the future. Thank you for reading.
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