Avoid cache refreshing during development in Magento

A lot of times when you made some changes in Magento code base, you need to refreshing the cache in the admin panel or deleting all files and directories in “Magento home directory/var/cache/”, in order for the change to show on the front end. This will significantly increase development time because even a small change could require a cache refresh. In the worst scenario a developer stocked on something for hours trying to figure out why the code is not working as expected because the developer just forgot about to refresh the cache in Magento.

So, to save time and all the hassles dealing with cache during development, do to the following to avoid cache refreshing.
In Admin Panel->System->Cache Management->Select all->select disable from the actions dropdown->submit

Do remember to enable the cache on Production environment.

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