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Top Google Chrome Extensions For Devs 🔥🚀

DevLorenzo on March 07, 2021

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Reaper • Mar 8 '21

Fonts Ninja another alternative for what font,
also any plugin that can do json formatting.

Or if you don't want a plugin, there's always format

Michael M • Mar 7 '21

my fav extension for development:
JSON Formatter
this will format any json output nicely. (eg if you open an API get request in new window)

Almenon • Mar 13 '21

Chrome has window resizer built-in to the dev tools. It's in the top left as "toggle device toolbar".

Some other extensions I would recommend:

Quick Javascript Switcher - quickly turn off javascript on annoying webpages
Tampermonkey - lets you write quick scripts to modify webpages. For example I modified reddit to present a initial screen to remind me I should avoid goofing off 😅

Atulit Anand • Mar 7 '21

Chrome removed my colorzilla the other day, appearently it contains some malicious content.

DevLorenzo • Mar 7 '21

Are you sure? Is still available in the chrome web store. And even if I did some research "colorzilla removed" / "colorzilla malicious content"... it doesn't give me anything relevant. Do you have any verified source who proves it? Don't hesitate to send me everything you have, I would not like to leave anything dangerous in this article.
Thanks

Atulit Anand • Mar 7 '21

I verified that myself just after posting that comment and I am afraid that I can't share any reliable proof at the point.
Mybad
Stay safe

DevLorenzo • Mar 7 '21

No problem. Update me if you find something.

DevLorenzo • Mar 7 '21

I will check

Ambar Tayde • Mar 11 '21

Thanks for the list! I love ColorZilla and Grammarly.

DevLorenzo • Mar 11 '21

I actively use both, they are very useful.

juanpumpkinpie • Mar 11 '21

çhwo to write this tab of links ( It's cool )

Mayank K • Mar 8 '21

Having too many extensions doesn't slow the overall computer speed as Chrome runs all these extensions in background?

DevLorenzo • Mar 8 '21

The entire chrome slows the pc, check the task manager for example (on windows) to see how much. For me just chrome use 4gb of ram (with two users, lots of extensions and lots of tabs). I have a good pc so I can handle this 4gb (I have 16 of ram) but lots of pc have just 4 or 8gb. Even if what takes to most are too much tab opened in the same time, too much extensions can slow the pc, even if chrome is closed.