Javascript debugging in Internet Explorer
Javascript debugging has been a tedious task for a very long time. Then, suddenly, FireBug came and made it simple.
With logging, variable dumps and linked errors it became quick and painless to debug your faulty javascript, as long as you use FireFox.
I use FireFox all the time but everyone who has written javascript sometime knows that even though a script may work flawless in one browser it can crash in another and when the other browser in Internet Explorer you’ve basically been fcked. The debug output IE gives for javascript errors is worthless at best and leaves you second guessing what line might have caused the problem. The only way to find out for sure is to alert-debug the script until you find the right row, if you’re lucky.
Today was a big day though. I’ve finally found the perfect tool to debug javascript, not only in FireFox but in any browser from IE to Safari and the name of it is … *drumwhirl*… FireBug Lite!
Yes it’s true! FireBug acctually has a light version in Javascript that gives you most of the tools of the FireFox plugin. What a tremendous little treat for us front end developers. Happy days!
