Nathan Mische, one of the best JavaScript programmers I know, works on the ColdFire project. ColdFire is sort of like Firebug for Firefox, only geared towards ColdFusion.
If you’ve developed any sort of Ajax functionality, you know testing remote services can often be frustrating. Trying to get a handle on what parameters are being passed, how to send test parameters, knowing what the results of the request were, often mean dealing with a number of problem layers and a lot of confusing Red Herrings.
If you do any Ajax work, take 72 seconds out of your life to watch this quick screencast on the Request Queue in ColdFire.
See how efficient the workflow is? See how quick one can test remote services? How much time would this save you, what with all the cfdumping, the alerts, the aggravation?
What are you waiting for? Download ColdFire Now!
What Is ColdFire?
ColdFire is an extension to Firebug. It provides debug information in a Firebug tab as opposed to the bottom of the page. This lets you debug and keep your site layout intact, since ColdFusion’s built-in debug information can sometimes mess with your site layout.
ColdFire currently shows debugging information in the following tabs:
- General
- Execution Times
- DB Queries
- Traces
- Timer
- Variables
- Request Queue