When Ajax techniques became popular, developers faced a new problem: how can we debug Ajax requests and responses efficiently for complex web applications? If using a debugger was hard enough with the RESTful model, triggering an Ajax-specific request is a pain and a bit more difficult; dumping logs and information pertaining to those Ajax operations had to be done using JSON or XML.
FirePHP is an add-on for an add-on: it extends the popular in-browser web development tool called Firebug with an API for PHP web application developers. FirePHP is free and easily attainable via the Mozilla Add-Ons section on the official Mozilla site. The official FirePHP site can be found via this web address: www.firephp.org. Christoph Dorn is the person responsible for creating FirePHP.
Ever wanted to match the look of your HTML forms with the rest of your website? This article demonstrates how to apply customized backgrounds to HTML forms, while preserving structurally clean markup and accessibility.
I’m slow to report this but a new version of WordPress was released yesterday (version 2.8). With its new one click upgrade feature it doesn’t get much easier for those hosting their own sites to upgrade.
I started taking detailed notes at WordCamp San Francisco until I saw Kara’s tweets that she was taking notes on Google Docs. In case you missed some points or you didn’t take notes at all so you could enjoy the speakers, here are the notes.
