--- title: Developer Tools secrets that shouldn’t be secrets description: Microsoft Edge’s Console is the most used part of the browser developer tools. There are a few problems with that, and there are better ways to debug scripts.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/developer-tools-secrets-that-shouldn-t-be-secrets-cptcp7uhe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Developer Tools secrets that shouldn’t be secrets | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft Edge’s Console is the most used part of the browser developer tools. 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These are things I encountered during working on the tools and going through user feedback. ## 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. **@stonec0der** · 0 upvotes > I Just learned a lot with your post thanks a lot. **@raghav** · 0 upvotes > Best --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#logging](https://daily.dev/tags/logging), [#tools](https://daily.dev/tags/tools) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/developer-tools-secrets-that-shouldn-t-be-secrets-cptcp7uhe) ```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":"Developer Tools secrets that shouldn’t be secrets","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/developer-tools-secrets-that-shouldn-t-be-secrets-cptcp7uhe","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/developer-tools-secrets-that-shouldn-t-be-secrets-cptcp7uhe"},"datePublished":"2021-11-02T09:17:03.271Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T05:18:10.915Z","description":"Microsoft Edge’s Console is the most used part of the browser developer tools. 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