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Useful FireFox add-ons for web developers

By: Mark Dijkstra    In: Brouwser Tools

http://www.opensourcehunter.com/2009/05/08/useful-firefox-add-ons-for-web-developers/

I make a living by building website/apps so i really like to do some things fast and easy that’s why i use a couple of FireFox add-ons in my FireFox brouwser.

By using add-ons in my FireFox brouwser i can test, validate, debug, measure, autofill forms, upload and much more in my brouwser without using other applications/programs(i dont like a crowded toolbar). I will name a couple of them which i really like and find very useful.

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There are many more developer add-ons but i won’t name them all, check here for a more developer add-ons.


Also a very useful FireFox add-on is one of our sponsors(big add on you right so you cant mis it). Visit there site and test it for your self.




Firebug

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse.
You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.

Go to this add-on



ColorZilla

Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies. With ColorZilla you can get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program.

Go to this add-on



Web Developer

Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.

Go to this add-on



CodeBurner for Firebug

CodeBurner is a Firefox add-on that integrates with Firebug, to extend it with reference material for HTML and CSS.

Go to this add-on



YSlow

YSlow analyzes web pages and suggests ways to improve their performance based on a set of rules for high performance web pages. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the Firebug web development tool.

Go to this add-on



Html Validator

HTML Validator is a Mozilla extension that adds HTML validation inside Firefox and Mozilla. The number of errors of a HTML page is seen on the form of an icon in the status bar when browsing.

Go to this add-on



Extended Statusbar

A Statusbar with speed, percentage, time and loaded size (similar to Opera’s one)

Go to this add-on



Autofill Forms

Autofill Forms enables you to fill out web forms with one click or a keyboard shortcut.

Go to this add-on



Clear Cache Button

Adds a clear cache toolbar button. After installing the extension, find the clear cache button in the toolbar customization panel.

Go to this add-on



FireFTP

FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.

Go to this add-on



Live HTTP Headers

View HTTP headers of a page and while browsing.

Go to this add-on

Written by: Mark Dijkstra

Mark Dijkstra is the founder and main writer of OpenSourceHunter. He's also a passionate freelance web developer and designer. Mark is one of those people that spend too much time on the internet to keep up with all of the trends and tools.
You can follow Mark on twitter @ MarkDijkstra

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1 Comment

Mike R

May 10, 2009

Nice list with some really usefull extentions. I am gona try a couple of them for sure.

MR

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