Thursday, March 6, 2008

Internet Explorer 8

I just downloaded internet explorer 8, my first impression is that is is similar in look in feel to Ie7. One of the first features that caught my attention was the debugging functionality which could be very useful for any web developer.


In the tools menu you can select 'Developer tools' which opens a debugging window. This window allows you to view html, css, and also view and debug the script. When errors occur the debugger will break in the script and show you what the issue is. It includes a full watch and callstack window too.


I received a number of script errors while browsing the internet, and this site. Whether that is to do with IE8 beta, or issues with the site is unknown, but a useful tool to keep in a developers toolbox for that 'strange' script error that is hard to find, or for next time that you are coding javascript.

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