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John Resig, a member of Mozilla's Firebug development team, announced yesterday that the final version of Firebug 1.2 had been released. Firebug is a debugger for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that sits within the Firefox Web browser. It has become an essential tool for Web developers, particularly those who use the modern technique known as Ajax ( asynchronous JavaScript and XML ).

If you're a Web developer, it's a pretty good bet that one of your most important tools is Firebug, an open-source debugger for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Ajax that works inside of the open-source Firefox Web browser. Since it was first unveiled several years ago, Firebug has taken the Web-development world by storm, revolutionizing developers' ability to modify, test, and debug Web applications. In the last month, Firebug has received hosting and development assistance from Mozilla, a change that will almost certainly benefit both the software and the community.

If youοΎ’re a Web developer, you likely already know about Firebug--the amazing web development add-in for Firefox. (It was one of WebWorkerDaily's 6 recommended Firefox extensions for web workers and readers wrote in about it in response to our list too.) But if you havenοΎ’t been following the Firebug development blog, you may not know the latest news: Firebug 1.2 has moved from alpha to beta, and itοΎ’s ready for Firefox 3. even though the Release Candidate for Firefox 3 doesn't yet work with many other extensions. WebWorkerDaily has a report on version 1.2's better Javascript debugging, new console and more. Check it out.

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