--- title: Chrome Debugger is easier to use than you might think description: Chrome Debugger is easier to use than you might think - DEV Community Please, don't tell me you’re still using to debug your application. If you never used a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/chrome-debugger-is-easier-to-use-than-you-might-think-nxb619b0u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Chrome Debugger is easier to use than you might think | daily.dev og:description: Chrome Debugger is easier to use than you might think - DEV Community Please, don't tell me you’re still using to debug your application. If you never used a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/chrome-debugger-is-easier-to-use-than-you-might-think-nxb619b0u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nXB619B0U.png og:image:alt: Chrome Debugger is easier to use than you might think og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Chrome Debugger is easier to use than you might think **[This is Learning](https://daily.dev/sources/til)** · [@balastrong](https://daily.dev/balastrong) · 7 min read · 248 upvotes · 22 comments ## Summary Chrome Debugger is easier to use than you might think - DEV Community Please, don't tell me you’re still using to debug your application. If you never used a debugger, imagine being able to run the code line by line, where you can see all values of your variables at any given time. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@digeomel** · 3 upvotes > Nice summary. However, the author promises to tell us how to set logpoints ("Read the next chapter"), but, unless I'm mistaken, falls short on his promise. > Here's how: > https://www.wisdomgeek.com/development/web-development/javascript/chrome-devtools-using-logpoints-for-logging-messages-directly/ **@niklasrefnov** · 2 upvotes > Just started using Chrome Debugger after reading this, and damn - it's way more intuitive than I thought! I can't believe I've been relying on console logs all this time haha. Breakpoints and conditional breakpoints are a game changer for me. **@arifjamal1024** · 1 upvotes > It is really helpful... thanks for this...you save my lots of time of waste **@taran95** · 1 upvotes > Nice article. > > Always check for some `debugger;` left in the production code! > I've seen this happen more often than it should... **@alsiam** · 1 upvotes > very helpful. thanks :) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/chrome-debugger-is-easier-to-use-than-you-might-think-nxb619b0u) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Chrome Debugger is easier to use than you might think","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/chrome-debugger-is-easier-to-use-than-you-might-think-nxb619b0u","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/chrome-debugger-is-easier-to-use-than-you-might-think-nxb619b0u"},"datePublished":"2023-08-02T07:16:46.477Z","dateModified":"2024-08-30T02:16:40.423Z","description":"Chrome Debugger is easier to use than you might think - DEV Community Please, don't tell me you’re still using to debug your application. 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Breakpoints and conditional breakpoints are a game changer for me.","datePublished":"2023-08-04T07:28:18.745Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nXB619B0U#c-51n8YAdIQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Niklas Refnov","url":"https://daily.dev/niklasrefnov","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--uFGEfXTn--/f_auto,q_auto/v1/avatars/avatar_5pht0nenOD0YJqflNsYht"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"It is really helpful… thanks for this…you save my lots of time of waste","datePublished":"2023-08-21T15:43:07.284Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nXB619B0U#c-9mducCKW8","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Arif Jamal","url":"https://daily.dev/arifjamal1024","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/98831458?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice article.\nAlways check for some debugger; left in the production code!\nI’ve seen this happen more often than it should…","datePublished":"2023-08-23T14:18:55.455Z","dateModified":"2023-08-23T14:19:25.566Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nXB619B0U#c-lPTIV5WxN","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Taranjit Singh","url":"https://daily.dev/taran95","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto/v1607002316/avatars/8pqI3SLsH"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"very helpful. thanks :)","datePublished":"2023-08-03T15:22:48.357Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nXB619B0U#c-cRlgTSWgY","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Saif Al Siam","url":"https://daily.dev/alsiam","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```