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BEST CHROME EXTENSIONS FOR DEVELOPERS

1.GITHUNT

Githunt is useful if you spend a lot of time on GitHub looking for new projects to work on. Rather than depending on GitHub's trending projects feed, this Chrome developer extension brings it to the fore by highlighting all trending projects in a new tab area in your browser.

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2.WhatFont

WhatFont is a very useful Chrome extension for developers who need to identify fonts used on web pages. It's fast, effective and identifies individual fonts within a page in seconds. It also identifies the family, size, weight and colour. All within a small popup window in the browser.

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3.Window Resizer

Window Resizer is an incredibly useful Chrome extension for web developers. It's simple but very effective, especially when working with responsive designs or apps. It installs into Chrome and will resize any screen you're working on to a range of popular screen sizes.

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4.BrowserStack

BrowserStack is another exceptionally useful Chrome extension for web developers. Like Window Resizer, this extension allows you to test your work for responsiveness. Rather than different screen sizes, this extension lets you test with different browsers.

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5.Css Viewer

CSS Viewer is another simple but very effective Chrome extension. As its name implies, this addon shows you the CSS properties of a given page wherever you hover your mouse. A small popup window appears showing you the CSS data that makes up the element you're pointing at.

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6.Lorem Ipsum Generator

Lorem Ipsum Generator is one of the best Chrome extensions full stop. It does what its name suggests it does. It generates filler text for demo websites and does it well. Simply install the extension, select it within a page and Paste it into your page and you're done

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7.HTML Validator

HTML Validator is a quick tool for checking your HTML within a browser. There are hundreds of HTML tools out there and you'll likely have a bunch of them already. But HTML Validator is genuinely useful for quickly validating markup within the browser.

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8.Clear Cache

How many times have you modified a setting and wondered why the change wasn't reflected on screen? You're not alone, which is why Clear Cache is such a useful Chrome developer extension. Install the extension and select the small recycle icon in your browser to clear the browser cache.

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