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Date Published
Author
Jason Laster
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297
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Summary

The recent release of Original React component names for Chrome enhances the React DevTools panel by allowing users to see original component names while inspecting applications in any environment, marking a significant improvement over the standard React DevTools that only show these names in development. This advancement is made possible by running React DevTools’s backend during replay, utilizing Scope Mapping APIs, and represents a non-performance benefit of executing scripts at replay time. The developers aim to create a futuristic React debugging environment and are eager for user feedback. Additionally, a major upcoming release promises to revolutionize time travel in debugging, following the recent Incremental Snapshots update which significantly improved debugging start times. Meanwhile, optimizations in Chrome for Linux have reduced recorder overhead by four times, making the recording of time travel-capable replays as swift as DOM session replays, thanks to efficient system call interception compared to intense DOM diffing.