Javascript debugger recommendations?

[Bruce W.1]

Can anyone recommend a Javascript debugger? I see where debuggers are
made by Netscape, Microsoft and Macromedia (built-in to Dreamweaver).

I'm new to javascript so any comments are appreciated. I'm mainly
interested in making scripts work in IE, for starters anyway.

I'm using Dreamweaver MX and will probably be developing ASP.NET
applications with MS Visual Studio 2003.

The Dreamweaver javascript debugger seems pretty buggy with IE, it
locks-up on me.

Thanks for your help.

 

[N Clements]

Having written Javascript code for a fair amount of time, my personal
opinion is that if you feel you _must_ use a debugger, then Mozilla's
tools are excellent. The combination of the DOM Inspector, Debugger and
Console have helped me out with several projects.

I've worked on and overseen several projects in the last couple of years
that had the requirement of primary support for IE, and I found that (for
the most part) if it worked in Mozilla, then it would work in IE (at
least IE 5.5 and 6).

A big part of it, however, is more the knowledge of the browser
differences -- not just between different brands, but also different
versions of the same brand.

At the end of the day, I prefer to simply use alerts() in order to tell
me the state of the system at a particular point.

N. Clements
Brainbench MVP for _Javascript
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[Lee Harvey]

I agree with N Clements, Mozilla's JavaScript console is great for debugging,
and it's free!

Here's a link to Microsoft's Script Debugger if you prefer IE (also free)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2F465BE0-94FD-4569-B3C4-DFFDF19CCD99

And some other decent debuggers...

Netscape JavaScript Debugger (free)
http://developer.netscape.com/software/jsdebug.html

Microsoft Visual InterDev (not free)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vinterdev/

NetObjects ScriptBuilder (not free)
http://www.netobjects.com/products/html/nsb3benefits.html

Enjoy

| Can anyone recommend a Javascript debugger? I see where debuggers are
| made by Netscape, Microsoft and Macromedia (built-in to Dreamweaver).
|
| I'm new to javascript so any comments are appreciated. I'm mainly
| interested in making scripts work in IE, for starters anyway.
|
| I'm using Dreamweaver MX and will probably be developing ASP.NET
| applications with MS Visual Studio 2003.
|
| The Dreamweaver javascript debugger seems pretty buggy with IE, it
| locks-up on me.
|
| Thanks for your help.