Web Development with Firefox

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I came across a useful web page about using Firefox as a web development and testing tool. Firefox has some useful built-in tools like:

1. Page source view – with a twist (Ctrl+U): Firefox uses its own source viewer with syntax highlighting and color coding of the html tags, which makes it different than the “view source” of other browsers.

2. Expanded page information (Tools -> Page Info): to view all kinds of information about the web page you are currently viewing.

3. JavaScript Console (Tools -> JavaScript Console): to write and test javascript code snippets.

4. The DOM Inspector: to provide direct access to the Document Object Model. Note that when you install Firefox, you have to explicitly install the DOM inspector.

The web page also lists useful and essential Firefox extensions that help with web development, like Fireftp, HTML Validator, IE view and more. Check it out here. (via).

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Filed in ColdFusion, Firefox, Tips on 12 Sep 05 | Tags: developer, Firefox, web

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