I've also got a nice wrapper method for jQuery to interface directly
with the firebug plugin. Check here for the snippet:
http://snipplr.com/view/10358/jquery-to-firebug-logging/
On Apr 7, 7:22 am, Chuck Harmston <cpharms...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are a few cool methods for debugging Javascript in Firebug:
>
> - In addition to everybody's favorite console.log() method, there is also
> console.debug(), console.info(), and console.error(), each of which are
> color coded differently. If you use console.error(), then it actually logs
> it as a Javascript error, even if the syntax is correct.
> - console.trace() will give you a detailed stack trace, providing the
> funtions on the stack and the values of each argument.
> - console.dir(object) will dump all the properties of the passed object
> - console.dirxml(element) will elegantly dump any XML element. It doesn't
> exist uet, but I'd love a console.dirjson(element) method.
> - You can chunk any logging messages by running console.group("Group
> title") before and console.groupEnd() after a related group of code. You
> can
> nest as many levels as you'd like.
> -
> - You can track Javascript performance by running console.profile()
> before the code you want to track, then console.profileEnd() afterward.
> Firebug will give detailed information on each method called between the
>
> Chuck Harmstonhttp://chuckharmston.com
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:10 AM, rachel navarro <rachelannenava...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > i have a related question. how do i track my code? how do i know which
> > function is being called first and so on? like having a stack trace. is
> > there such a tool for firefox?
>
> > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:57 AM, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> "how to debug" is a pretty super vague statement
>
> >> what are you looking to do? find objects? track your code? watch
> >> AJAX requests?
>
> >> On Apr 6, 10:50 am, jQueryAddict <jqueryadd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I've seen a crapload of old posts but none really work well. Is
> >> > everyone still just using the consol log thingy in Firebug or what?
> >> > I've never used that with jQuery so I do not understand how to debug
> >> > jQuery in Firebug still
