Web Development

I’ve looked a numerous “web developer’s list of Firefox extensions” and have gotten quite a few useful tools, and thought I’d share with you. Note, these are not all my recommended extensions, simply the ones that I think directly affect web development.
Here’s a list alphabetically:

• ColorZilla – This adds a little Eye Dropper / Color Picker to your browser so you can find the value (RGB or Hex) and has multiple options to add to clipboard in various forms and is extremely useful when working with designs.
• Firebug – This is a Javascript debugger, and it is a MUST for any Javascript work. This has been my Savior on many occasions, and I barely use it to its full potential as a debugger (haven’t taken the time to study it). It’s easy to do the simple things, and supports the complicated things when you need them.
• Html Validator – For someone who does a lot of SEO, this will definitely speed things up. It is a built in HTML Validator and gives you a little check mark when the page is valid. Definitely easier than going to an external site for each page. Also, if you’re in a secured section of a website that external sites can’t validate, this will still work.
• IE Tab - Adds a simple button that will switch between Firefox and whatever version of IE you have on your system. Saves a lot of time switching between browsers.
• MeasureIt – This adds a little button that will allow you to measure the width and horizontal pixels of a designated area. It creates an expandable box with updated measurements of the pixel size.
• Web Developer – This is the most useful toolbar you’ll get, it gives you massive amounts of information and many tools that you are invaluable to a web developer. If for whatever reason you don’t have this toolbar – get it. I promise you won’t regret it. It could be compared as useful as a magician’s staff is to a a magician.

That’s it for now.

-Kerry