java
Firebug: A Tool I Use Everyday Now
Filed in archive AJAX by jason on June 3, 2006
Firebug: A Tool I Use Everyday Now
Since I've been writing web applications that incorporate AJAX I've been frustrated by the development effort it requires. Specifically I've been frustrated by the debugging process involved.

First, I would use simple javascript alert() statements to see what was going on. Then I discovered Venkman and things got a lot easier. However, going back and forward between browser, debugger and Java IDE things could still get tedious at times.

Finally, this past week I was introduced to a tool that make my AJAX coding a lot easier. The new tool is called Firebug. It is a Firefox plugin and to speak plainly it kicks ass. Out of the box, so to speak, it gives the user a pane inside the Firefox bowser allows a developer to inspect the DOM, HTML and CSS on a page being viewed. It also allows a developer to debug JavaScript when the Venkman plugin is installed and spy on XMLHttpRequest traffic.

Since I was introduced to this tool I've been using it everyday. It is one of those rare tools in your toolbelt that you wonder how you ever lived without it.

Check it out


Related Entries:

Permalink: Firebug: A Tool I Use Everyday Now
Tags: AJAX  tool 
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/23504
img Addthis img Ask img Blinklist img del.icio.us img Digg img Fark img Facebook img Google img Lycos img Ma.gnolia Add this page to Mister Wong Mr Wong img Netscape img Netvousz img Newsvine img Reddit img StumbleUpon img Slashdot img Tailrank img Technorati img Wink img Yahoo

Vote for Firebug: A Tool I Use Everyday Now:

  • Currently 8.00/10
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
Rating: 8.00 out of 1 vote(s) cast.
 
Subscribe
Share It
RSSrss
See all blog subscribe options
Google google
What is RSS?
Yahoo! yahoo
Addthis Subscribe using any feed reader!
Bloglines Bloglines
Newsletter

TwitterFollow us on Twitter!