Firebug

Hi Developers!

Here is another handy tool that makes web design and development easier. A definite must-have tool.
Firebug is yet another extension for Firefox (originally it was and recently it is available for chrome and standalone which can be used even with the "infancy" Internet Explorer).

What it does is somehow similar to the inspect tool of Web Developer Toolbar.

It allows to select a given element of a web page and inspect on the go the style and html. By doing so you can "update" the styles on the go. I'm not entirely sure but I think that you cannot overwrite the stylesheet nor the html from Firebug console, but at least you can see instantly what inpact would your changes have to the existing web design.

The advantage of Firebug over CSS Inspect of Web Developer Toolbar is that Firebug is sometimes more intuitive and easier to follow. However when these two are combined they form a powerful aliance against bugs in the code. I enjoy using Firebug even for development because of it's real time display of what changes are made.

That's all for today. See you soon!