Seeking Good DHTML Debuggers?

Posted by Cliff on Friday January 16, 2004 @12:34AM from the tracking-down-DOM-bugs dept.

christodd queries: "After years of programming in PHP and C++, I've finally delved into the world of Javascript and DHTML. The biggest hurdle I have come up against is the various web browser DOMs. I find that I spend much time googling for variable names, and guessing which variables do what. My favorite tool is a good debugger, and this is where I'm having problems. There is a commercial product by Netscript due out this quarter for $190.00, and there is a very young open source project at BiteSizeInc, but I have yet to find anything production quality. How does everyone else debug browser DOM issues?"

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Re:You already have the tools by Viol8 · 2004-01-16 02:56 · Score: 0, Redundant

"First of all, do not use JavaScript for image rollovers. It's a terrible idea and the person who thought of using JavaScript for image rollovers should be shot"

Maybe they actually stopped to think for a nanosecond and realised that some image rollovers and other animations may involve some logic depending on the state
of the page or one of its components. The last time I looked CSS wasn't much good on complex boolean logic. Unless you know better of course...