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<title>&brandShortName; Tools and Development</title>
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<h1 id="web_development_tools">Web Development Tools</h1>
<p>For web developers, &brandShortName; provides several tools to aid in
developing and debugging <a href="glossary.xhtml#web_application">web
applications</a>. Some of these are optional installs. To access these
tools, open the Tools menu and choose Web Development.</p>
<ul class="separate">
<li id="js_console">
<strong>Error Console</strong>: a console window that reports problems
with <a href="glossary.xhtml#javascript">JavaScript</a> and CSS code in
web applications and the &brandShortName; application itself. By default,
CSS parsing errors and JavaScript errors are displayed. The console can
also be used to display logged messages from <a href="glossary.xhtml#xul">
XUL</a> and JavaScript code.
</li>
<li id="inspector">
<strong>DOM Inspector</strong>: a tool that can be
used to inspect and edit the DOM of any web document or XUL
application.
<p>Online resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.brownhen.com/DI/">Introduction to the DOM
Inspector</a> (Ian Oeschger)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/faq.html">DOM
Inspector FAQ</a> (mozilla.org)</li>
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<li><a href="http://gr.ayre.st/moz/evangelism/tutorials/dominspectortutorial.shtml">grayrest's
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<li>Creating Applications with Mozilla - Appendix B3:
<a href="http://books.mozdev.org/html/mozilla-app-b-sect-3.html">The
DOM Inspector</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="venkman">
<strong>JavaScript Debugger</strong>: also known as Venkman, this utility
allows you to debug JavaScript in &brandShortName;. It supports stepping,
breakpoints and many other features.
<p>Online resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/venkman/">Venkman JavaScript
Debugger Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.svendtofte.com/code/learning_venkman/">Learning
the JavaScript debugger Venkman</a> (Svend Tofte)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/venkman/">Debugging
JavaScript Using Venkman</a> (webreference.com, article series)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/venkman/">Venkman Development
Homepage</a></li>
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