Once again I find myself discovering new Firefox extensions to aid my web site development, many based upon Firebug, a MUST HAVE extension. "Drupal For Firebug" is what I will be trying next. Any hints for what to do with it first? Any tips?
Please share what other FireFox Extensions you use, and in a month, I will publish a summary in our Wiki.
To add value to my post, below are some of the extensions I use, or new ones I just found and will be trying out.
FIREFOX EXTENSIONS
Firebug - Base Extension required for those below
Firepicker - Pick color from color chart/cube
New and I will be trying them:
Drupal For Firebug
Firecookie - View cookies - view the default Drupal cookie
FireDiff - Track Changes so to edit the web site's CSS files
- Yes, edit your page in Firebug/Firfox, then transfer edits.
- Looking for addon that scp's CSS files changes to website.
CSS Usage - what selectors are used on the page
Firefinder for Firebug - find HTML elements via selector or xpath
FireXPath - use XPaths to edit, inspect, etc
MUST HAVES:
Web Developer
YSlow
New and I will be trying them:
Pixel Perfect - Overlay your changes
SenSEO - rate your salting to your rules
Open Profile Folder - Gives name of profile FF was started with.
- I solved this with the first BookMark Folder being the profile name.
Comments
Tip
Yes, turn off the Drupal for Firebug module when you aren't using it. This is a bit like the theme developer module - good to use when you need it, but it can be a huge drag on performance. I was forced to disable it for this reason and it took quite a bit to determine this was the cause of a major site slowdown.
I absolutely love the firebug
I absolutely love the firebug for drupal plugin. As with all development plugins I would not enable it on a production site unless absolutely necessary.
The form viewer and execute php functionality the most.
Finally got it working - uninstalled Web Developer
Not sure it was fully necessary but a comment said... and Firebug finally displayed the Drupal link, and clicking on it got my results, finally. And Wow, it's a lot of info, just what I need to seriously troubleshoot, when that level is needed. A lot of Drupal array dumps, all sorts, for forms, views, users, ... Next to try out the form and execute php, see what the power is there.
Turns out I needed a Quick Restart for Firefox, so added that extension.
Going through the modules, I installed a lot more, as there are tons more now.
Peter
LA's Open Source User Group Advocate - Volunteer at DrupalCamp LA and SCALE