Watcher

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

What is Watcher?

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

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Users: 23 ▼ -1

Rating: 1.00 (2)

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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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 94759 ▼ 412

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#4277 in Developer Tools ▼ 4

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Summary

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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.

User reviews

Useless

Darren Alexander, 2017-04-20

It doesn't work. I set it to watch a .js file and when I changed the file there was no refresh

Steve Janke, 2016-11-01

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Safety

Risk impact

Watcher may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.