Internet Explorer introduces Developer Channel for IE11
Internet Explorer has introduced a Developer Channel, which acts as a proper functioning browser. This will provide a sneak peek of a web platform on which the company is working to the developers. The Developer Channel will run independently along with the Internet Explorer 11(IE11) and will be available to the developers who are using Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. This channel has all the attributes of IE11 and it also comes with some new features like support for WebDriver, support for the Gamepad API, updates to WebGL and also enhancements of the F12 Developer tools.
The company has released this channel in order to help the developers to understand the direction been taken during the process of development. The improvements in the F12 developer tools include an enhanced debugging experience which will help you to get your event-driven bugs faster. Along with this it will provide better analysis throughout the memory and the UI responsiveness. This will help in reducing the noise through multi-dimensional timeline filter and will improve the overall performance. Moreover, it will also improve the navigation experience be providing more keyboard shortcuts and header notifications.
The IE Developer Channel comes with a support for WebDriver. With the help of this the developers can write tests in order to automate web browsers to test their respective sites. It will work as programmable remote control, which will assist in developing complex user scenarios and will run them in automated fashion in your website and browser.
A look at the new colorization of the DOM in the UI Responsiveness Tool
Apart from this the Developer Channel of IE has support for the emerging Gamepad API. This will enable you to use JavaScript to add gamepad support to your web apps and games. It will also allow you to attach your Xbox 360 controller with it. Furthermore, the Developer Channel also improves the WebGL performance and adds support for the instancing extension. 16-bit textures, GLSL built-in variables and triangle fans.
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The company will soon be introducing some more features, which will further improve the IE11 and once everything gets in place then they will also introduce the Beta version of IE11.
