Front-end devs: stop fiddling with the address bar every time you need fresh-baked server goodness..
## Usage
Hitting [alt + r] appends the current tab’s URL with a `cachebuster` querystring key, using the POSIX time as a value. (Clicking the extension icon works too, I guess.)
This addition is pushed on using replaceState and then the tab is reloaded as a callback. The history remains unpolluted.
The querystring is appended if it exists or created if it doesn’t. anchor links remain intact, too.
No analytics. No special permissions. Because that’s kinda creepy.
## Version Log
---1.0.3---
• Optimized the PNG set, knocking a few Kb out of the package.
---1.0.2---
• Snappy new marketing copy! I’m going to make millions!
• Lowercased the querystring key to “cachebuster”. I’m sorry, I should have known better the first time. I don’t know what I was thinking.
---1.0.1---
• Various tinkers.
## Sourcecode
See how the sausage is made at
https://github.com/niftinessafoot/cachebuster
You can Follow the below Step By Step procedure to install the Cachebuster Chrome Extension to your Chrome Web browser.
It is the Cachebuster Chrome extension download link you can download and install Chrome Browser.
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The awesome cache-busting extension. Perfect for bypassing proxy and load balancer caches for development and testing purposes.