A Chrome DevTools extension for profiling web component lifecycle callbacks and Polymer databinding performance.
polydev is a Chrome DevTools extension designed to profile the performance of web components and Polymer applications. It tracks time spent in custom element lifecycle callbacks and Polymer databinding changes, displaying results as annotated spans in Chrome's timeline recording tool. The tool helps developers identify performance bottlenecks specific to web component architectures.
Frontend developers building applications with Polymer or vanilla custom elements who need to optimize performance and understand lifecycle callback timing.
It provides native DevTools integration for web component profiling, offering detailed, instance-level timing data that isn't available in standard performance tools. Developers choose polydev for its specialized focus on the web components ecosystem and its ability to visualize databinding performance.
Automatic web components profiling in chrome devtools
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Tracks time spent in custom element lifecycle callbacks like created and attached, displaying them as annotated measure spans in Chrome's timeline for detailed analysis, as shown in the README screenshot.
Specifically monitors Polymer databinding changes within the timeline, helping identify bottlenecks in data flow for web components, a feature highlighted in the key features.
Integrates directly into Chrome's DevTools timeline, providing a seamless debugging experience without requiring separate tools, as evidenced by the installation and usage steps.
Provides unique identifiers for each web component instance (e.g., tagName and id), enabling precise performance analysis across multiple elements, as described in the measure naming format.
Only available as a Chrome DevTools extension, with no support for Firefox, Safari, or other browsers, restricting its use in cross-browser development workflows.
Requires manual timeline recordings in DevTools, lacking continuous or automated performance monitoring, which can be cumbersome for long-running or dynamic applications.
Primarily optimized for Polymer applications, with databinding tracking that may not fully apply to other web component libraries like LitElement, limiting broader utility.