Firebug (software)
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 Firebug running in Firefox 4, with the HTML view active on the main Wikipedia page. | |
| Original author(s) | Joe Hewitt |
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| Developer(s) | Firebug Working Group |
| Stable release | 1.8.0
/ August 10, 2011[1] |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Size | 1.2MB |
| Type | Mozilla extension |
| License | New BSD License |
| Website | http://getfirebug.com/ |
Firebug is a web development tool that allows the debugging, editing, and monitoring of any website's CSS, HTML, DOM, and JavaScript, and provides other Web development tools.[2] It also has a JavaScript console for logging errors and watching values, as well as a "Net" feature which monitors the amount of time in milliseconds it takes to execute scripts and load images on the page.
Firebug is free and open source, licensed under the BSD license[3]. Firebug was initially written in January 2006[4] by Joe Hewitt, one of the original Firefox creators. The Firebug Working Group oversees the open source development and extension of Firebug. Firebug has two major implementations, an extension (add-on) for Mozilla Firefox and an in-page implementation called Firebug Lite. A cross-browser version is in development for 2011. Approximately 3 million users have the Firebug add-on installed as of Nov. 2010 [5].
In addition to debugging web sites, Firebug is a useful tool for web security testing[2] and for web site performance analysis.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Getfirebug Blog » Blog Archive » Firebug 1.8.1".
- ^ a b Hope, Paco; Walther, Ben (2008), Web Security Testing Cookbook, Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, Inc., ISBN 978-0-596-51483-9
- ^ Firebug home page
- ^ O'Reilly Performance Tools: Appendix - Even Faster Websites
- ^ Firebug Statistics: Average Daily Active Users
- ^ "High Performance Web Sites", Steve Souders, CACM, Dec, 2008.
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