One of the most routine parts of web development is bug fixing because it requires a lot of patience, skills and experience. Although web development by itself is a routine sometimes there is a solution for those who value their time and efforts putted into the work. I’m talking about web developers “little helpers” – software that is aimed to find and fix bugs fast. Here is a list of five bug fixing tools for web developers. There is a chance that you know all items from our list but we still hope that some of these bug fixing tools are new for you. Now let’s start.
Firebug
We are sorry for being predictable but we cannot put any other bug fixing software on the first place. Indeed, Firebug is a king of bug fixing and you can’t find more reliable and multifunctional tool. Basically you can inspect HTML code and edit it live, debug and profile JavaScript, monitor and improve CSS styles. As you may have guessed this is the tool that helps you to fix all bugs “on the fly”.
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Surfin’ Safari
Web-Kit developers probably know this tool which was released long time but hasn’t lost it relevance nowadays. The great thing about this tool is the ability to root the DOM hierarchy by double clicking a node. Besides this function you can edit and explore the CSS styles, HTML and use metrics data.
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FindBugs
FindBugs is a real treasure for Java developers because this is a program which uses static analysis to look for bugs in Java code and of course fix them. This software allows you to create your own system of bug ranks by giving them scores from 1 to 20 which is very comfortable and simplifies the process of bug fixing in Java.
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DeBugBar
I’m sorry for putting into the list this IE plugin but there are many web developers that use this software and it is not that bad as you think. DeBug opens DOM Tree and lets you to modify tags attributes and css attributes, view javascript functions for easier debugging, see Javascript and AJAX code. Also it helps to validate HTML code and optimize code.
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Style Master
Style Master is a leading CSS development tool which allows you to create style sheets based on your HTML, edit CSS and HTML files “on the fly” and of course fix bugs that appear during the workflow. So, if you are looking for a tool which offers live CSS editing of PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby and other dynamically generated sites than you should try Style Master.
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