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I can easily say that when I return to projects that don’t have an interactive workflow I feel like I am in the stone ages.

i really can't put it better. it's like when i first found Firebug or Mapquest.



We should make people program without Firebug every now and then and so they can experience the pain we went through.


When I debug in firefox, I use the native debugger. Firebug takes a long time to start up. Am I missing out, or are the two similar at this point?


They're basically the same, except the native debugger--like you said--is faster. I love Firefox, but I've switched to Chrome for the dev tools and overall speed.


Firebug pre-dated (and heavily inspired) the native debugger, so the GP is probably intending to suggest doing without either of them.


alert(my-var); :(




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