tips & tricks

 

Chrome Devtools

 

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A LOAD OF

TIPS & TRICKS

 

Tip 1: CSS state control

 

What are CSS states?

 

Tip 1: CSS state control

 
  • :hover
  • :active
  • :focus
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Tip 1: CSS state control

 

Tip 1: CSS state control

 

Tip 1: CSS state control

 

Demonstration!

 

Tip 2: Device emulation 

 

What can you do with device emulation?

 

Tip 2: Device emulation 

 
  • Faking a mobile device
  • Testing landscape & portrait modes
  • Testing responsive websites
  • See how many different media-queries are in the CSS
  • Network throttling (testing slower internet connections)
 

Tip 2: Device emulation 

 

Faking a mobile device

 

Tip 2: Device emulation 

 

Testing landscape & portrait mode

 

Tip 2: Device emulation 

 

Testing responsive websites

 

Tip 2: Device emulation 

 

See how many different media-queries are in the CSS

 

Tip 2: Device emulation 

 

Network throttling

 

Tip 3: Dock side

 

Change your Devtools Dock side

 

Tip 3: Dock side

 

Change your dockside to right

 

 

Tip 3: Dock side

 

Change your dockside to bottom

 

 

Tip 3: Dock side

 

Change your dockside to window

 

 

Tip 4: Print CSS

 

How to test and debug print CSS

 

Tip 4: Print CSS

 

Show console

 

Tip 4: Print CSS

 

Change rendering

 

Tip 4: Print CSS

 

Render as printer

 

Tip 5: Find elements

 

How can you search for elements on a page?

 

Tip 5: Find elements

 

Use:

 
$$('h1') or $$('.classname')

in the console

 

Tip 5: Find + inspect elements

 

Use:

 
inspect($$('h1')[0])
// Or
inspect($$('.classname'))

Tip 5: Find + inspect elements

 

This will happen automaticly

 

Tip 6: Open devtools

 

How can you open the devtools?

 

Tip 6: Open devtools

 
Ctrl+Shift+I 
Cmd+Opt+I

To open Devtools:

 

Tip 6: Open devtools

 
Ctrl+Shift+J
Cmd+Opt+J

To open Devtools Console:

 

Tip 6: Open devtools

 
Ctrl+Shift+C 
Cmd+Shift+C

To open the DevTools in Inspect Element mode

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

How can you test the loadtime?

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

Network tab

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

What is the slowest request on the page?

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

What is the heaviest request in bytes?

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

Filter requests on data type

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

How much load-time does it take?

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

Difference between load & DOMcontentLoad

 

DOMContentLoaded

When the document is parsed

 

Load
When document is loaded with all the linked resources (CSS, JavaScript, images etc.)

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

Waiting and content download

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

Filter on request

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

Record page loading

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

Check page loading recording

 

Tip 7: Performance testing

 

Check page load frame

 

Sources

 

Chrome Devtool Tips & Tricks

By Raymon Schouwenaar

Chrome Devtool Tips & Tricks

7 great tips for using the Chrome Devtools

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