Some useful tools for the Web Developer

Here are some useful tools for the web developer:

1.       IEWatch(http://www.iewatch.com)
IEWatch is a plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer that allows you to analyze HTTP/HTTPS requests and the HTML source code.
Note: When it’s installed in IE6.0, if it is not shown on the toolbar, just select “View->Explorer Bar->IEWatch” to show it.

 

2.       Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e59c3964-672d-4511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&displaylang=en)
The Developer toolbar can be used to view the DOM of a web page and to locate and select specific elements on a web page through a variety of techniques, view HTML object class names, ID's, and details such as link paths, tab index values, and access keys.

3.       Mozilla Firefox Browser(http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/)

There are some useful extensions in this browser. To use them, when install it, select custom installation instead of default standard installation, then check the box ”Developer Tools” .

After install:

                   Menu “Tool->JavaScript Console” is a useful tool to view the JavaScript errors.

                   Menu” Tool->DOM inspector” is another useful tool to view the DOM of the webpage.