The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Firefox Debugger and DevTools (Interview)

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Jason Laster joined the show to talk about Firefox Debugger and DevTools. We talked about the backstory of Firefox, Firebug, the new Debugger.html, why React and Redux made a good fit to develop Debugger as a standalone application, community efforts, and getting started.

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    • Featuring:

    • Jason Laster – Website, GitHub, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
    • Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • The Recurse Center
    • A quick history of Firefox DevTools
    • Firebug
    • Web Developer (Add-on)
    • 3D view
    • Issue #544 - James Long and Jason Laster of the mozilla debugger.html project - thanks Bryan Clark
    • Firefox Developer Tools
    • WebIDE
    • XUL Tutorial
    • Firefox Debugger
    • debugger.html Homepage and readme
    • Firefox DevTools on GitHub
    • GDB: The GNU Project Debugger
    • Reactide - the first dedicated IDE for React web application development
    • The Changelog #242: The Burden of Open Source with James Long

      • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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