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Developer tools

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCore term

In software engineering, developer tools means: Tools built into browsers that let developers inspect HTML and CSS, debug JavaScript, watch network requests and measure performance.

In Turkish: geliştirici araçları, DevTools

How it is used

Usually opened with F12 or with right-click and Inspect. People call them dev tools or DevTools and refer to the panels by name: Elements, Console, Network, Sources and Performance.

Example sentences

  1. Open the developer tools and check the Console for errors.

  2. I used the browser's developer tools to test the page on a small screen.

Common collocations

  • open the developer tools
  • browser developer tools
  • Network tab
  • inspect an element
  • browserA program such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge that downloads web pages and turns their code into the screens people read and use.
  • elementA single building block of an HTML page, such as a paragraph, image or button, usually written as an opening tag, content and a closing tag.
  • requestA message that a client sends to a server or API, asking it to do something such as return data or save a new record.
  • load timeHow long a page takes to download and appear on screen in a usable state, usually measured in seconds or milliseconds.

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