Debugging with Console & DevTools
What is the Console Utilities API in Chrome DevTools?
The Console Utilities API provides specialized debugging helpers: 1) It's a collection of built-in functions available only in the browser's console environment, 2) Includes utilities like $() as a shorthand for document.querySelector(), 3) Offers $$()/querySelectorAll() for selecting multiple elements, 4) Provides inspect() to open an element in the Elements panel, 5) Includes copy() to copy values to the clipboard, 6) Features keys(), values(), and other object inspection helpers, 7) Offers monitor()/monitorEvents() to observe function calls and events, 8) These utilities significantly streamline common debugging tasks without requiring external libraries or custom code, making interactive debugging sessions more efficient.