A piggy bank of commands, fixes, succinct reviews, some mini articles and technical opinions from a (mostly) Perl developer.

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Quick reference

Web developer browser plugins

Chrome:
  • Chrome itself doesn't require admin privileges to install
  • Chrome has dev tools built in - type F12 and select a tab e.g. Network, or right-click on the page and choose 'Inspect element'
  • chrome://net-internals/
  • Web developer plugin
  • Modify headers
Internet Explorer:
  • Internet Explorer should be installed by default
  • It has some dev tools built in - type F12 and then:
    • Menu: Find | Select element by click
    • Menu: Cache | View cookie information
    • Tab: Script | Console
    • Tab: Network (IE9 and later) | Go to detailed view | Double-click an item for headers and cookies
Standalone:
Non-GUI:
  • curl -D -
  • wget -S