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title: Developer Console Vs Web Console
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# Developer Console Vs Web Console

This topic lists the differences between Developer Console and Web Console.

|                                              Developer Console                                              |                                   Web Console                                    |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|                             Supports only Apex, Aura, and Visual Force metadata                             |                          Supports all types of metadata                          |
|                               Doesn't support Lightening Web Component (LWC)                                |                    Provides enhanced language support for LWC                    |
| Provides an enhanced log-viewing experience with different views and ability to open source code from a log | Displays logs as raw text without external tools or extensions for visualization |
|                                      Doesn't maintain project context                                       |            Maintains project context and provides in-context editing             |
|                      UI isn't similar to other common IDEs, such as Visual Studio Code                      |                       UI is similar to Visual Studio Code                        |