The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source Firefox Debugger and DevTools (Interview)
Apr 17, 2017
01:14:12
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 – 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!