Watcher

Select & Watch resources on a page that are frequently updated during development. Watcher will auto-refresh upon change.

Watcher - Chrome Extension

Watcher is a DevTools extension that automatically refreshes inspected pages when changes are detected in selected source files, allowing developers to see their changes in real-time during rapid web application development.

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By: https://salmanawan.com

Users: 35

Rating: 1.00

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Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2014-02-19)

Creation date: 2014-02-19

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 348.16K

URLs: Website

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# 96,321 ▲ 2,219

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#5030 in Developer Tools ▲ 43

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Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Watcher liberates developers from hitting Refresh (F5) again and again during development. Upon detecting a change in user selected source files, included on current page, this DevTools extension will automatically refresh inspected page to reload watched resources.

In modern rapid web application development environments e.g. Node.js, this extension compliments utilities like nodemon and supervisor to fully automate the development process, as developers can see their changes in real-time.