Developer Tools - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms 编辑

Developer tools (or "development tools" or short "DevTools") are programs that allow a developer to create, test and debug software.

Current browsers provide integrated developer tools, which allow to inspect a website. They let users inspect and debug the page's HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, allow to inspect the network traffic it causes, make it possible to measure it's performance, and much more.

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General knowledge

• Web development tools on Wikipedia

Technical reference

• Firefox Developer Tools on MDN
• Firebug (former developer tool for Firefox)
• Chrome DevTools on chrome.com
• Safari Web Inspector on apple.com
• Edge Dev Tools on microsoft.com