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Everything about Firebug (software)

Web development add-on for Firefox

Firebug is a discontinued free and open-source web browser extension for Mozilla Firefox that facilitated the live debugging, editing, and monitoring of any website's CSS, HTML, DOM, XHR, and JavaScript. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

Read the overview: Firebug (software)A 5-minute orientation
Pick up a classic book: The web application hacker's handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
Go sideways: Web development toolsA closely related topic
Go sideways: DOM InspectorA closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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📚 Books worth reading

The web application hacker's handbookDafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto · 2007
Firebug 1.5Chandan Luthra · 2010

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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