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Ask YC: How to debug javascript in IE??
I can't stand Internet Explorer - it is so frustrating trying to debug javascript in IE when it works perfectly fine in Firefox.
Is there a better way to debug javascript in IE other than narrowing down your code with alerts? Any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you!
- t0pj 18y agohttp://www.billyreisinger.com/jash/ http://www.billyreisinger.com/jash/
- ca98am79 18y agothank you very much - I am going to give this a try now
- yourmomis1337 18y agoThere's also Firebug Lite (http://getfirebug.com/lite.html http://getfirebug.com/lite.html) and MS Visual Web Developer 2008 Express (free) (http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/ http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/)
- ca98am79 18y agoawesome - thanks for firebug lite. That's exactly what I was looking for.
- gtani 18y agojust to let you know of good refs for IE 7 ( i refuse to acknowledge IE 6 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/04/02/ie7-quirks/ http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/04/02/ie7-quirks/ http://weblog.openlaszlo.org/archives/2007/03/how-we-deal-with-browser-quirks-with-a-compendium-of-ie-7-issues/ http://weblog.openlaszlo.org/archives/2007/03/how-we-deal-wi... http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/30/internet-explorer-doesnt-just-suck-it-also-blows/ http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/30/internet-explorer-... http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/ http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/ (yes, not the most appealing design, but verrry time-saving) TO track IE 7 and 8, check "browsershots.org" "ies4osx" and http://tredosoft.com/IE7_standalone http://tredosoft.com/IE7_standalone
- rcoder 18y agoI haven't had to deal much with IE in the last couple of years, but when I did, the only sane way I found to debug JS code was to have Visual Studio installed, and to use the VS debugger to hook into JS code.