It can be difficult for developers to have multiple tools that are specific for every task. Web browser add-ons make it easier to be productive and give you access to multiple features on one platform.
Extensions for professionals are available in all the major browsers. You can make your web development tasks easier if you use Microsoft Edge. We’ll be discussing the top Microsoft Edge add-ons web developers should use.
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React Developer Tools
React Developer Tools for the web browser is a DevTools extension. This adds two new tabs, Components and Profiler to your Edge DevTools. To access the React tree on a page, the open-source addon will require your permission.
The Components tab shows the root React components and the subcomponents. To inspect and modify any component in the tree, click on the right panel.
This add-on can be used to determine if an application uses React.js. Developers can track performance information using the Profiler tab.
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Octotree-GitHub code tree
The Octotree addon is a great tool for analyzing GitHub source code. This add-on displays a code tree similar to an IDE and allows you to perform file and folder searches.
This add-on can work with repositories of all sizes. It supports private repositories, allows you to bookmark pull requests, repo, files, and issues.
To get additional features, you can subscribe to the PRO version. These include support for multiple GitHub accounts and GitHub Enterprise, multiple tabs, and code font settings. Pull request code review is also possible. File icon themes are also available.
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Accessibility Insights for Web
Accessibility Insights is a Microsoft Edge browser extension that will help you find and fix accessibility problems in different web applications and websites. It can be used to verify compliance with approximately 50 accessibility provisions.
The clear instructions and the visual aids will help you quickly spot key access issues such as keyboard traps, tab stops missing, or incorrect order.
You can also use it to quickly identify high-impact accessibility issues in a couple of minutes. To use this add-on, Microsoft Edge Insider version.75 or higher is required.
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Design Analysis
A developer often needs to analyze the HTML code for a page. The Design Analysis add-on allows you to analyze an HTML page and enable or disable various components.
You can disable both internal and external CSS (print and handheld), hide images and background photos, display image alt attributes, and outline headings.
This add-on also includes miscellaneous tools to help you display hidden elements and reload images and other CSS, view source code, and linearize pages. You can also mark all links as visited and unvisited.
This add-on does not store any personally identifiable data. You have all the information necessary for it to function.
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Save as MHTML
Developers can save their current webpage using the Save as MHTML extension. This add-on includes a button in the toolbar for easy use. All online links are saved in an offline format.
MHTML is an archive format that stores web page content for offline viewing. This file format includes all resources such as images, Flash animations, and applets.
You can edit the content of your webpage using the add-on before saving it to the MHTML file.
For tasks such as changing the text formatting to bold and italic or adding an image or removing content, you can choose the design mode. You can also select a portion of the page to ask this add-on for a new document.
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Cookie-Editor
Cookies are an essential part of the development process. Cookie-Editor, a powerful addon, allows you to perform standard cookie operations during web page development and testing.
The add-on features an intuitive interface that allows you to manage cookies manually. It allows you to quickly create, edit, and delete cookies all while remaining on the tab.
Cookie-Editor can delete all cookies on the current page in one click. It also allows you to import/export cookies into a text format.
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BugReplay
BugReplay is an add-on that allows you to screencast and debug your network. You can record your screen with JavaScript console messages, and network traffic. This add-on allows you to retrace steps and capture bugs in real-time.
Developers don’t have to communicate with end-users and support personnel. They can quickly and seamlessly determine when and where the bug occurred using the recorded information, and fix it in no time.
The BugReplay addon makes it easy to record the bug. The BugReplay add-on allows you to review the bug and share it with colleagues. You can also make the add-on public.
Choose Your Favorite Edge Add-Ons for Web Development:
This list of Microsoft Edge addons will help you choose the right ones to aid you in web development. Microsoft Edge has many other add-ons that are available for regular users. Browse and search for popular extensions to help with other tasks, such as password management.