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Debugging Google Maps Applications with Firefox and Firebug

Summary
This course was designed as a supplement to our Introduction to the Google Maps API and Advanced Google Maps API Programming courses. The Google Maps API contains a handy debugging window that you can use to display messages and errors.  However, there are times when you will need a more robust debugging tool.  In this module you will learn how to use Firebug with Firefox to debug and optimize your web applications. Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.  Firebug contains a great debugger for examining your JavaScript code.  With the debugger you can pause code execution through breakpoints, examine variable contents at the breakpoint, continue code execution, step into a JavaScript function one line at a time, and step over and step out of code blocks.  The debugging toolbar is accessed through the Script tab and is activated after you have set a breakpoint in your code and execution reaches the breakpoint.  This debugging toolbar is a revelation for long time web application developers and makes your development efforts much more efficient.

Intended Audience
This course is designed for intermediate level Google Maps programmers.  Please consider our Introduction to the Google Maps API as a prerequisite.

Modules
Module 1: The Google Maps Debug Window
Module 2: Introduction to Firebug
Module 3: Firebug Primer

• Using the Firebug Code Debugger
• Monitor Network Activity
• Profile Your Application for Performance Problems
• Dynamically View and Edit HTML and CSS
• Use the Console and Command Line API

Module 4: Web Developer Toolbar

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