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Yes, before Firebug, we were using MS Script Debugger/Script Editor in IE. It wasn't great, but it was more reliable for script debugging than Firebug for a lo
by kybernetikos 13y ago
Yes, before Firebug, we were using MS Script Debugger/Script Editor in IE. It wasn't great, but it was more reliable for script debugging than Firebug for a long time.
- masklinn 13y agoBefore Firebug, there was Venkman[0] which was definitely shite but worked if you had enough courage to understand its byzantine behavior. It provided a profiler on top of the JS debugger. And IE development could use Visual Studio (and later Visual Studio Express web edition) for a slightly better experience than the MS Script Debugger, although the core issues such as not being able to see let alone debug toplevel javascript remained). [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Venkman_Introduction https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Venkman_Introductio...
- kybernetikos 13y agoI tried Venkman but found it so terrible I would do most of my script debugging in IE.
- masklinn 13y agoIt admittedly had a learning curve roughly on-part with Eclipse over POTS with a drunk monkey at the other end of the call. I was rather happy when Firebug came into my world.