Until the release of Chrome 60, Lighthouse was only available in beta version as a Chrome extension or command-line tool. Now, however, it has its very own place in the Chrome DevTools, in the new Audits tab.
Included in the Audits tab, alongside the Lighthouse PWA audit, is a selection of other benchmark tests, including performance and web best practices. We’ll focus on the PWA test and performance tests, but feel free to run the other tests as well.
Another useful feature of the Audits tab is the ability to save previous audits, to get a sort of history of your application as you improve it.
Okay, enough talk. Let's go ahead and run our first audit!
