http://simonwillison.net/2017-10-24T22:38:55+00:00Simon Willison2017-10-24T22:38:55+00:002017-10-24T22:38:55+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2017/Oct/24/saying-goodbye-to-firebug/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/saying-goodbye-to-firebug/">Saying Goodbye to Firebug</a></strong></p> Firebug has reached end-of-life as a separate extension, replaced by the built-in Firefox Developer Tools. It’s hard to overstate how influential Firebug has been in helping to turn front-end web development into a respected and productive engineering discipline. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firefox">firefox</a></p>

2009-11-06T07:33:56+00:002009-11-06T07:33:56+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Nov/6/closure/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2009/11/introducing-closure-tools.html">Introducing Closure Tools</a></strong></p> Google have released the pure-JavaScript library, apparently used for Gmail, Google Docs and Google Maps. It comes with a powerful JavaScript optimiser tool with linting built in and an accompanying Firebug extension to ensure the obfuscated code it produces can still be debugged. There’s also a template system which precompiles down to JavaScript and can also be called from Java. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/closure">closure</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gmail">gmail</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google-docs">google-docs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/libraries">libraries</a></p>

2009-02-05T22:51:34+00:002009-02-05T22:51:34+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Feb/5/firescope/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://tools.sitepoint.com/firescope/">FireScope</a></strong></p> Neat little Firefox / Firebug extension which adds a “Reference” tab showing documentation for the selected element from the comprehensive SitePoint Reference site. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/css">css</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/documentation">documentation</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/extensions">extensions</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firefox">firefox</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firescope">firescope</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/html">html</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/reference">reference</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sitepoint">sitepoint</a></p>

2008-12-23T22:22:39+00:002008-12-23T22:22:39+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Dec/23/referenceerror/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.codecouch.com/2008/10/referenceerror-console-is-not-defined/">ReferenceError: console is not defined</a></strong></p> Since Firebug 1.2 you need to call window.loadFirebugConsole() in order for console.log and friends to work. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debugging">debugging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firefox">firefox</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a></p>

2008-07-27T09:30:14+00:002008-07-27T09:30:14+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jul/27/firebuglite/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://getfirebug.com/lite.html">Firebug Lite 1.2</a></strong></p> Huge upgrade to the IE/Opera/Safari bookmarklet version of Firebug—it now has DOM element inspection, XHR tracking and an interactive console, among other features. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/07/25/firebug-lite-12-released/">Steve Souders</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bookmarklets">bookmarklets</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debugging">debugging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebuglite">firebuglite</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a></p>

2008-05-28T23:13:40+00:002008-05-28T23:13:40+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/May/28/geobloggers/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://geobloggers.com/archives/2008/05/28/google-earth-in-a-browser-sort-of-scriptable-a-quick-peek-and-poke/">Google Earth in a browser (sort of), Scriptable, a quick peek and poke</a></strong></p> Dan Catt on Google’s new browser plugin version of Google Earth... which conveniently exposes a JavaScript API to the browser in the form of the “ge” object, which can then be poked at interactively using Firebug. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dan-catt">dan-catt</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google-earth">google-earth</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a></p>

2008-05-16T12:14:34+00:002008-05-16T12:14:34+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/May/16/firebug/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://getfirebug.com/commandline.html">Firebug Command Line API</a></strong></p> Another thing I didn’t know about Firebug: you can set a breakpoint at the start of a function with “debug(fn)” and log all calls to it with “monitor(fn)”. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debugging">debugging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a></p>

2008-05-06T19:04:41+00:002008-05-06T19:04:41+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/May/6/opera/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.opera.com/products/dragonfly/">Opera Dragonfly</a></strong></p> Opera’s new Firebug-style developer console. Out in alpha and it shows (slow to load and the interactive console leaves a lot to be desired) but still looks incredibly promising, especially the remote debugging tools for working with Opera on phones and games consoles. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debugging">debugging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dragonfly">dragonfly</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/opera">opera</a></p>

2008-04-04T07:51:05+00:002008-04-04T07:51:05+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Apr/4/sitepen/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.sitepen.com/blog/2008/04/03/advanced-javascript-debugging-techniques/">Advanced JavaScript Debugging Techniques</a></strong></p> There’s more to JavaScript debugging than just Firebug. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debugging">debugging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sitepen">sitepen</a></p>

2008-03-19T16:44:40+00:002008-03-19T16:44:40+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Mar/19/django/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/650/">Simple Exception Response for AJAX debugging</a></strong></p> Neat solution to the problem of Django error pages showing up as raw HTML in the Firebug Ajax log. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ajax">ajax</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a></p>

2008-03-17T02:08:23+00:002008-03-17T02:08:23+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Mar/17/dojocampus/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://dojocampus.org/content/?p=68">Firebug + Dijit tips</a></strong></p> News to me: Firebug has a magic $1 variable which corresponds to the currently selected node. Very handy. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debugging">debugging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dijit">dijit</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dojo">dojo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a></p>

2007-12-20T15:09:02+00:002007-12-20T15:09:02+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Dec/20/coda/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/my-2007-in-blogs-music-events-and-apps"><p>I don't even use Firefox and Firebug anymore, the revised Web Inspector in Leopard has been incorporated in Coda and that does everything I need and more.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/my-2007-in-blogs-music-events-and-apps">Jon Hicks</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/coda">coda</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/css">css</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debugging">debugging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firefox">firefox</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/html">html</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jon-hicks">jon-hicks</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/leopard">leopard</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/software">software</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/webinspector">webinspector</a></p>

2007-10-19T12:52:50+00:002007-10-19T12:52:50+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Oct/19/jquery/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://happygiraffe.net/blog/archives/2007/09/26/jquery-logging">jQuery Logging</a></strong></p> Brilliant four line jQuery plugin that lets you insert Firebug console.log() calls directly in to chains. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://happygiraffe.net/blog/">Jabbering Giraffe</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debugging">debugging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dominic-mitchell">dominic-mitchell</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jquery">jquery</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/logging">logging</a></p>

2007-10-05T22:26:10+00:002007-10-05T22:26:10+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Oct/5/yslow/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/netpanelpatch.html">YSlow: Bug (fix) in Firebug&#x27;s Net Panel</a></strong></p> The latest release of the YSlow page analysis plugin (announced at FOWA) also fixes a misleading bug in Firebug’s Net panel. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firefox">firefox</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/fowa">fowa</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/profiling">profiling</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/steve-souders">steve-souders</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yahoo">yahoo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yslow">yslow</a></p>

2007-08-07T14:57:51+00:002007-08-07T14:57:51+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Aug/7/jquery/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/simon/jquery-in-15-minutes/">jQuery in 15 minutes</a></strong></p> A quick introduction I put together. Much more interesting in conjunction with Firebug powered demos. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jquery">jquery</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/torchbox">torchbox</a></p>

2007-07-25T04:48:12+00:002007-07-25T04:48:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jul/25/yslow/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/">YSlow</a></strong></p> New extension for Firebug (yes, an extension on top of another extension) from the Yahoo! performance team which provides improved performance measurement tools and optimisation advice. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/extension">extension</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firefox">firefox</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/http">http</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/optimisation">optimisation</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/performance">performance</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yahoo">yahoo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yslow">yslow</a></p>

2007-05-07T22:40:20+00:002007-05-07T22:40:20+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/May/7/job/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/05/07/firebug/">The YUI Team Is Hiring an Engineer To Work on Firebug</a></strong></p> “... we’re opening a search for a full-time developer to work with Joe on advancing the Firebug roadmap.” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jobs">jobs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yahoo">yahoo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yui">yui</a></p>

2007-03-05T21:06:42+00:002007-03-05T21:06:42+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/5/waffle/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://waffle.wootest.net/2007/03/05/dashcode/">Dashcode review</a></strong></p> “Dashcode is quite possibly the best non-Firebug Javascript environment I’ve ever used.” High praise indeed. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dashcode">dashcode</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/widgets">widgets</a></p>

2007-01-12T11:21:13+00:002007-01-12T11:21:13+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jan/12/firebug/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ddj.com/dept/debug/196802787">AJAX Debugging with Firebug</a></strong></p> Great Firebug tutorial from creator Joe Hewitt himself. I didn’t know you could trigger profiling from your own code using console.profile() / console.profileEnd(). <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ajax">ajax</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drdobbs">drdobbs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/joe-hewitt">joe-hewitt</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tutorial">tutorial</a></p>

2006-12-04T14:31:14+00:002006-12-04T14:31:14+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/4/lite/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.getfirebug.com/lite.html">Firebug Lite</a></strong></p> Add Firebug to your site for non-Firefox browsers. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firefox">firefox</a></p>

2006-12-04T13:28:35+00:002006-12-04T13:28:35+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/4/firebug/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.getfirebug.com/downloads.html">Firebug 1.0 Beta</a></strong></p> Unbelievably brilliant software. I use this every day. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/extensions">extensions</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firefox">firefox</a></p>

2006-05-31T08:17:44+00:002006-05-31T08:17:44+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/May/31/video/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/05/30/hewitt-firebug/">Video: Joe Hewitt Talks About FireBug</a></strong></p> Demo / tutorial. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firebug">firebug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/video">video</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yahoo">yahoo</a></p>