Learning the JavaScript debugger Venkman (tutorial)

[svend]

Hey everyone,

I've written a tutorial to the Venkman debugger for Mozilla
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/venkman/>. It covers all features
that I'm aware of, and most importantly, it's written with the
"normal" JavaScript programmer in mind. Thus, I've focused on a
tutorial form, with clear examples and pictures, so that the user
hopefully doesn't get lost. You can find it here:

http://www.svendtofte.com/code/learning_venkman/

I'd love comments on what can be improved.

Regards,
Svend

<svendtofte@sve ndtofte.com>

[Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft]

Re: Learning the JavaScript debugger Venkman (tutorial)

Hi,

svend wrote:[color=blue]
> Hey everyone,
>
> I've written a tutorial to the Venkman debugger for Mozilla
> <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/venkman/>. It covers all features
> that I'm aware of, and most importantly, it's written with the
> "normal" JavaScript programmer in mind. Thus, I've focused on a
> tutorial form, with clear examples and pictures, so that the user
> hopefully doesn't get lost. You can find it here:
>
> http://www.svendtofte.com/code/learning_venkman/
>
> I'd love comments on what can be improved.
>
> Regards,
> Svend[/color]

Sounds good, I will read it and comment.

For completeness sake, note that there actually is a debugger for
Netscape 4, it's available at
<URL: http://developer.netsc ape.com/software/jsdebug_license .html>

I also disagree that people who program JavaScript are not programmers.
The mere fact that they program make them programmers. They might not be
professionals, but they are programmers, and they'd better start
thinking as programmers if they want good results ;-)

More comments will follow when I have time.

Laurent
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[Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft]

Re: Learning the JavaScript debugger Venkman (tutorial)

Hi,

Svend Tofte wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Sounds good, I will read it and comment.[/color]
>
>
> Sounds good :)
>[color=green]
>> For completeness sake, note that there actually is a debugger for
>> Netscape 4, it's available at
>> <URL: http://developer.netsc ape.com/software/jsdebug_license .html>[/color]
>
>
> Hmm, that had somehow slipped my mind. I'd try it out, but I don't
> really feel like ... installing NS4.[/color]

I understand. I just mentioned it to be complete. Your intor gives the
impression that there was nothing before Venkman.

[color=blue][color=green]
>> I also disagree that people who program JavaScript are not
>> programmers. The mere fact that they program make them programmers.
>> They might not be professionals, but they are programmers, and they'd
>> better start thinking as programmers if they want good results ;-)[/color]
>
>
> Hmm, that's also strange, as I agree, and I don't really know why I said
> that ( ... JavaScript people are usually not programmers). But
> regardless, my impression is still, that many people write JavaScript,
> without being gurus of programming (and that's a Good Thing), and
> further, might not know "traditiona l" software tools (gdb, etc). Thus
> I've tried to aim at that crowd (since I still feel part of that crowd).
>
> Regards,
> Svend[/color]

I couldn't agree more with that, and it is exactly what makes
JavaScript, IMHO, a fascinating language!

Laurent
--
Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
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