Boost Your Productivity with AI Assistance in Chrome DevTools!

We wanted to share an exciting new feature available in the Chrome browser's DevTools that can significantly enhance your development workflow and productivity.

What’s New?

You can now enable AI-powered features in Chrome DevTools to get instant answers and explanations for console warnings/errors, CSS styling queries, and more.

How to Enable It?

1?? Go to Settings > AI Innovations in DevTools. 2?? Toggle on features like Console Insights and AI Assistance to unlock AI-driven explanations and solutions (see the image for details).

How Does It Work?

The below screenshot demonstrates how the AI can: ?? Analyze prompts like finding video sources on a webpage. ?? Suggest quick solutions or explanations for errors in real time.

Real-Life Use Cases for Front-End Developers

Here’s how you can use this feature to simplify your workflow:

?? Debugging CSS Issues: Struggling with why an element isn’t styled correctly? The AI can analyze the applied and inherited styles to suggest fixes for issues like improper selectors or specificity conflicts.

?? Fixing Console Errors: Got an error like TypeError: Cannot read property of undefined? The AI provides a breakdown of the error, highlights the problematic code, and suggests corrections.

?? Understanding 3rd-Party Libraries: Using a library like React or Vue and unsure why a component isn’t rendering? The AI can guide you by analyzing stack traces or DOM structures.

?? Analyzing Network Requests: Having trouble debugging a missing resource? The AI can examine network headers and suggest fixes like correcting CORS issues or checking server configurations.

?? Video or Media Debugging: Need to locate the source of a media file on a webpage? As shown in the example, the AI quickly identifies the video src path, saving time when debugging custom video players.

Why Use It?

?? Debug faster and resolve issues efficiently.

?? Get clear insights on styling or code behavior.

?? Improve your workflow with intelligent suggestions and context-aware explanations.

Feel free to enable these features and start exploring their potential. Let’s make debugging and development a seamless experience! ???