Microsoft Launches Microsoft Edge DevTools Preview app
At the Edge Network Summit last year, Microsoft announced plans to restructure Microsoft Edge’s development tools. Today, the company brought us a preview version of the new Edge DevTools, and interested friends can download this separate Web App from the Microsoft Store. In addition, it allows developers to use the latest version of Microsoft Edge DevTools to debug their applications without having to install the latest Windows 10 Insider compiled version.
The new tool allows developers to debug applications that run on the Microsoft Edge layout engine, including the new Progressive Web Apps (this is PWA apps) that will come along with Redstone 4.
In addition, the tool supports debugging of remote devices on the same network (or via a USB connection). For an experience, first, enable the Device Portal in the Windows 10 Settings app.
The team explained that:
“We’re previewing this with support for JS debugging of another instance of Microsoft Edge on another desktop device or VM, the Microsoft Edge team explained today. Over time, we’ll add support for the full set of DevTools against any EdgeHTML instance on any Windows 10 device.”
The @EdgeDevTools team is moving at a furious pace – this (especially the Edge DevTools Protocol) is a big step towards the future of our developer tools, and finally enables remote debugging for Edge. There's more to come! https://t.co/2SFvwm7KqY
— Kyle Pflug (@kylealden) April 25, 2018
The new DevTools app also uses the new Edge DevTools protocol (very consistent with the Chrome DevTools Protocol):
“Previously, the Microsoft Edge DevTools worked via invasive native hooks into the EdgeHTML and Chakra engines. This made it hard for other tools like VS, VS Code, Sonarwhal, and other open source tools in the ecosystem to support Microsoft Edge.”
Friends who are early adopters can run the new version of DevTools Preview on a PC running Windows 10 Fall Creatives (or later versions). Microsoft encourages everyone to submit feedback, and in the coming months, the team will add more features to it.
You can download Microsoft Edge DevTools Preview app here.
Source: OnMSFT |via Windows Blog
