If you are a web developer or designer who has never opened Chrome Developer Tools, this free quick start guide gets you comfortable with editing live web pages. It covers navigating the Elements panel to tweak HTML and CSS, using the Console to run Javascript commands, basic debugging with breakpoints, writing test code in the Snippets panel, and simulating mobile devices.

This Course Offers

• A Quick, Hands On Introduction: You will learn to navigate around DevTools and make live changes to HTML, CSS, and Javascript, with exercises to get you familiar with the Elements panel.
• Practical Console and Debugging Skills: The course covers running simple Javascript commands in the Console, adding breakpoints to stop and step through code, and writing larger blocks of test code in the Snippets panel.
• Mobile Simulation and Performance Insights: You will learn how to simulate mobile devices for responsive development and use the Audits panel to get information about improving page load times.
• A Beginner Friendly, Free Foundation: The course is designed for beginners and covers the absolute basics, providing the foundation to become a DevTools wizard in follow up classes.

Why We Love This Course

1. It is free. You can learn the fundamentals of Chrome Developer Tools from a highly rated instructor without any financial commitment.
2. It is incredibly popular. With over 74,000 students and a 4.4 star rating from nearly 9,000 reviews, this course has helped an enormous number of developers get started with DevTools.
3. It is focused on the absolute basics. The course covers exactly what a beginner needs: Elements panel, Console, basic debugging, snippets, mobile simulation, and audits.
4. It is taught by an experienced developer. The instructor has 15+ years of development experience and has taught computer science at the university level.

If you are a front end developer, designer, or anyone who works with websites and wants to understand how to inspect and edit live pages, this free course provides a perfect, time efficient introduction. Note that the course was last updated in 2018, so the DevTools interface may have changed in some details.

• Front end developers who want to learn how to inspect and modify live web pages efficiently.
• Back end developers looking to try front end work and understand how to debug client side code.
• UI/UX designers who want to see how their designs translate to code and make live tweaks.
• Project and product managers who want a quick way to understand websites and web applications.
• Anyone looking for a free, practical introduction to the essential web development tool.

• The course is for beginners, but you will get the most out of it if you know basic HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
• Access to the Google Chrome browser is required.
• A willingness to learn through hands on exercises is essential.

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