5 Firefox extensions to boost web developer productivity
Monday, December 15th, 2008
Writing web applications or even simple static HTML pages requires the pooling of a multitude of technologies all of which can become a broken link in the event of a failure. Anecdotally, most of a developer’s time is spent troubleshooting so it can be a real headache tracking down a bug when you are jumping between three or more scripting/markup languages and more client environments than you have fingers to count.
A good web developer knows to look at their sites in every browser available to them however we all have a favorite when it comes to our primary development environment. Unless you’re working in a Microsoft shop you are undoubtedly using Firefox for this purpose …. right? Well in any case, it’s always a good idea to use the right tools for the job and a well equipped tool set can really boost productivity quite substantially. Given the extensible nature of Firefox, the web is rich with nifty plugins to give a web developer tools to speed up development, debugging and profiling and generally make life a little more bearable.
