Firebug 1.0 Beta

For those of you who use Firefox, you should check out the Firebug 1.0 beta extension! I had used the old version for quite some time, but I was blown away with the great enhancments in the 1.0 beta version.

Here are some of its features...

• Just the way you like it


• Inspect and edit HTML


• Tweak CSS to perfection


• Visualize CSS metrics


• Monitor network activity


• Debug and profile JavaScript


• Quickly find errors


• Explore the DOM


• Execute JavaScript on the fly


• Logging for JavaScript

Here is what Rich Strahl had to say about it...

"I’ve been using Visual Studio’s JavaScript debugging most of the time, but with Firebug in this state I’ve been able to move most of my debugging – except for IE specific issues which are unfortunately quite common – into Firebug.

Highly recommended."

IE Developer Toolbar Beta 3

There is a new version of the IE Developer Toolbar from Microsoft!

"This Beta 3 version of the toolbar contains functionality and stability enhancements over previous versions, including:

• Style Tracer: Right mouse click on a style value for an element and select Style Tracer to find the style rule that is effecting that value.


• CSS Selector Matches: View a report of all style rules set and how many times they are used on the current page.


• View Source: View the formatted and syntax colored source of the original page, currently rendered page, element or element with the styles that are effecting it."

To view some screenshots of these new features check out the Microsoft IE Blog.

Web Developer Toolbars

I have found the following developer toolbars invaluable during web development. Some of them you might be aware of alreay, but some of them might be new to you.

Internet Explorer

• Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar


• Web Development Helper

Firefox

• Web Developer


• XML Developer Toolbar

Google Firefox Synchronizer

For those of you who use Firefox on multiple machines and you get tired of getting out of synch with your bookmarks, cookies, passwords, history, and tabs then Google has a solution for you...

The Google Firefox Synchronizer.