5 Must-Have Firefox Add-ons for Web Development & QA
These add-ons are so useful that I cannot work for a single day without them and so I would suspect most web developers and QA Engineers. These plugins / add-ons makes Firefox a formidable web development and testing platform. They are:
1. Selenium IDE - Selenium IDE is an integrated development environment for Selenium tests. It is implemented as a Firefox extension, and allows you to record, edit, and debug tests. It is an extremely useful tool for automating functional and regression testing. Read the 5 minute Guide to Selenium IDE for details.
Selenium IDE is disabled by default in Firefox 3 but you can download the updated version from their website which works with Firefox 3.
2. Firebug - Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips to edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page. It is a must-have tool for any web developer. FireBug is top class web application debugger, the only one you will ever need.
FireBug is disabled by default in Firefox 3 but you can download the updated version from their website which works with Firefox 3.
3. Live HTTP Headers - It allows you to view and analyze HTTP headers (requests and responses) in real-time with several useful niceties like filtering built-in. This is a small but extremely useful too to debug web applications. It gives a clear insight into AJAX requests and responses which often goes on behind the scenes in any modern Web 2.0 website.
4. MeasureIt - A small Firefox plugin to measure the dimension of any items on a web page in pixels.
MeasureIt is disabled by default in Firefox 3 but you can download the updated version from their website which works with Firefox 3.
5. YSlow - YSlow, a Yahoo product, analyzes web pages and tells you why they're slow based on the rules for high performance web sites. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the popular Firebug web development tool. YSlow gives you:
- Performance report card
- HTTP/HTML summary
- List of components in the page
- Tools including JSLint
YSlow completes FireBug functionality to make Firefox an unbeatable web development tool.
What are your favorite Firefox Add-ons for web development & QA?
Filed under Ajax, Browser, Firefox, Headline News, How To, Javascript, Programming, Web, Web 2.0 | Tags: Dimension, FireBug, Firefox, Firefox 3, Live HTTP Headers, MeasureIt, QA, Selenium IDE, Software Development, Web application, Web Development, YSlow |
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June 25th, 2008 at 1:34 am
You may also add FireCookie to the list, it’s the best plugin for frequent cookie inspection.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:54 am
I would replace MeasureIt with the WebDeveloper-AddOn (https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/60) which has a measuring-tool as well but is one of the best toolset for developing websites.
Btw, the link of MeasureIt is broken.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Well WebDeveloper is the Firefox addon which is very very very useful for all developers…
I wrote abt this extension 2 years back, pls find more abt it here…
http://sumanthtechsavvy.blogspot.com/2006/04/mozilla-extensions-1.html
Regards,
Sumnath Krishna. A
http://www.linkedin.com/in/sumanthkrishna
March 21st, 2009 at 11:36 am
I would recommend the Greasemonkey & FireFTP
This are extremely useful add-ons for developers.
Enjoy it
Amit