Less Well Known Web Development Tools, Tips, & Tricks

Test Regex expressions

https://regex101.com/

Check DNS propagation all over the world

https://www.whatsmydns.net/

Check how your site/page looks from all over the world

https://geopeeker.com/

Bulk test URLs

https://app.urlcheckr.com/requests

Single test redirects

https://redirectdetective.com/

Check meta tags

Browser cache busting

Make sure to check the “Disable cache” checkbox in your inspector to force it get a fresh version whenever your inspector is open!

Use your local “hosts” file to spoof DNS
on mac, you can add an entry to your /etc/hosts file to force your local computer to use a specific IP address for a domain. This is especially handy when about to launch a site as you can spoof the live domain to your server for final testing!

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