Whether or not you like the idea of turning over yet another aspect of your life to Google, Chrome is a great tool for developers. If for no other reason than being the newest browser base built with the most recent standards and technology in mind, it offers us some great new opportunities. Here is a quick hit list of how you can use Google Chrome can help you as a developer:
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Chrome is based on multiple processes, not a single thread. While existing browsers would get hung up waiting for an intensive Javascript to finish running for example, Chrome is able to work around it.
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Chrome’s Process Viewer lets you examine the individual components of a webpage to allow developers to diagnose slow spots and more finite issues easily.
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Chrome uses Google’s V8 javascript engine, and Sand Box security provides safety and independence of platform.
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Chrome’s code base was built from the ground up with an understanding of where the web is today, not 7 years ago.
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Javascript used to mean smaller apps and programs. Chrome is designed to handle the large and complex Javascript applications that the web is comprised of today, such as gmail.