Node debugging with TraceGL

TraceGL transforms your JavaScript, injecting monitoring code that produces a log of everything that happens. This log is streamed from the target – via the traceGL node.js process – to the UI for visualisation. The UI tries to display the resulting huge amount of information fast, and uses webGL to render everything. In the video …

Getting ready for PHP 5.6

PHP 5.6.0, currently in alpha, will hit us any time later this year. Time to take a look and see what’s new. Here’s a selection of features that will affect the way you and I code. New __debugInfo() magic function (rfc) This new magic function allows you to instruct PHP what it should output when …

Become a Javascript Console Power-User

Level up on the Javascript console in the Chrome DevTools. Look at XHR requests, learn console helper functions to monitor events or explore objects better. Paul Irish from the Chrome team gives you a rundown. We all know console.x, but there’s some more stuff to do in the console … sure that $0 shorthand will …

jsconsole.com – JavaScript Command Line Tool and Remote Debugger

jsconsole.com is a simple JavaScript command line tool. However, it also provides the ability to bridge across to other browser windows to remotely control and debug that window – be it in another browser or another device altogether. Remote debugging is really simple: Invoke a :listen command at jsconsole.com to get a listener id returned …