Firebug Firefox Extension Review
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Coding for the web is no easy task and many are of the opinion that it should be left to the professionals. Well, guess what? Sometimes even the professionals find coding to be incredibly difficult and frustrating. This article will discuss Firebug, an extension for Firefox that goes a long way toward providing integrated web application debugging.
Introduction
Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug and monitor CSS, HTML and JavaScript live in any web page. It also offers a full-featured error console that shows your errors in Javascript, CSS and XML. Not only that, but it does full logging for XMLHttpRequest calls, so it's a powerful tool for debugging AJAX applications as well.
Firebug also manages to bundle in a DOM inspector, and a command line for evaluating Javascript. A program like Firebug is capable of informing coders when they have separate extensions installed that are all working at doing the same thing. This feature will be especially handy as it clears codes of unnecessary clutter.
The author of the program is Joe Hewitt, the software engineer responsible for creating Firefox. Though Hewitt urges consumers to remember that Firebug is still an alpha release, many are rushing to install the program and claiming that it is the most important tool available for those looking to develop anything for a web browser this year -- because we all know how often new technological advances are made.
Aside from all of its cool features, many will find Firebug ideal because it never gets in your way despite being just a keystroke away. You can open Firebug in a separate window or as a bar at the bottom of your browser. The program also gives you excellent control over which websites you want to enable it for. Let’s take a look at some of the program's specific features...
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