Open a Browser Tab with DevTools Open by Default
Using command line flags is a great way to subtly improve productivity. Whether saving yourself keystrokes or enabling specific features, it's very much worth knowing the application flags available to you.
To launch a new tab with DevTools in Chrome, you can use the --auto-open-devtools-for-tabs command line flag:
/Applications/Google\ Chrome\ Canary.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome\ Canary --auto-open-devtools-for-tabs https://davidwalsh.name
Having the DevTools console immediately launch when opening a new tab can be very helpful, if only to avoid needing to complete the keyboard shortcuts every time you launch a tab. If you're an uber-nerd like me, you're never not in developer mode!
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having to use chromium would greatly overweight the tiny benefit of having dev-tools auto open effectively making everything much worse