Who here has used Firebug to debug pages? I use it all the time to debug AJAX calls.
“Firebug is a free and open-source web browser extension for Mozilla Firefox that facilitates the live debugging, editing, and monitoring of any website’s CSS, HTML, DOM, XHR, and JavaScript.
Firebug is licensed under the BSD license and was initially written in January 2006 by Joe Hewitt, one of the original Firefox creators. The Firebug Working Group oversees the open source development and extension of Firebug. It has two major implementations: an extension for Mozilla Firefox and a bookmarklet implementation called Firebug Lite which can be used with Google Chrome.
In addition to debugging web pages, Firebug is a useful tool for web security testing and web page performance analysis.”
Below I have an example where I am debugging the data that is coming back from a script using AJAX. I have 3 drop downs where the first one has the all the customers, selecting a customer initiates the AJAX call to get all the items assigned to that customer and selecting the 2nd dropdown initiates the 3rd dropdown.
Its the best thing ever . Now that all the major browsers have development tools come with it , but firebug started it all . Its a life saver for sure . :)
