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Tips for Web Development

Firebug

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. Even better than Web Developer

http://www.getfirebug.com/

tidy

Will detect errors in HTML.

http://tidy.sourceforge.net

Check HTML like this:

lynx -source http://localhost:8081/package1|tidy -eq

Venkman Javascript debugger

"Don't cross the streams!"

http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/venkman/

JS Lint

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/lint.html

Put the Javascript console in a sidebar

  1. Make a bookmark with this address: chrome://global/content/console.xul
  2. Go to Bookmarks->Manage Bookmarks, right-click the new bookmark, select Properties

  3. Check the ‘Load this bookmark in the sidebar’ box


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