[thelist] DOM Inspector and Firebug (was Re: Specify WHERE in sub query)

[Matt Warden]

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Sarah Adams wrote:
> If you haven't checked out the DOM inspector available with Firefox, you
> really should. It can seem intimidating at first, but once you've
> explored a little you'll find it to be an invaluable resource in
> development. For example, it'll let you see which CSS rules are being
> applied to an element, and in what order. Here's an article with a brief
> intro:
> http://www.codestore.net/store.nsf/unid/BLOG-20050228
> 
> I've even surprised myself with this one; reading that article, I
> learned about using it to delete an element from a page and change the
> class of an element - very useful!

Great tip. I must add that Firebug is a Firefox extension that I cannot
live without (and it's actually authored by one of the creators of DOM
Inspector). With every version, I wonder how I ever did any fat-client
web development without the new features.

(I think back to a year ago when I was doing some ajax stuff for the
Horde framework, and I laugh at how primitive my debugging methods were
compared to what is now possible with Firebug.)

http://www.joehewitt.com/software/firebug/

And here is a vid of Hewitt giving a talk at Yahoo about the features in
Firebug (if you aren't familiar with Firebug, this might serve as a
tutorial):

http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/05/30/hewitt-firebug/

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Matt Warden
Oxford, OH, USA
http://mattwarden.com


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