Firefox Download Day - We did it!

We did it! was the subject in the header of a mail that I got at the beginning of this month, after the last June 18, 2008, when a lot of people (of course including me) downloaded the new Firefox 3. The email said this:

We did it!

We set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. With your help we reached 8,002,530 downloads.

You are now part of a World Record and the proud owner of the best version of Firefox yet!

Don't forget to download your very own certificate for helping set a Guinness World Record.

So I got my certificate, to remember that I was part of this! From Nicaragua only 6,034 downloads were made, in America Central we (Nicaragua) made only more downloads than Honduras, I suppose because here in Nicaragua the Internet access is not yet easy for all people.

Run JavaScript code, step by step using Firebug

Versión en Español

Before I know about Firebug, to debug javascript code was very complicated for me, I had to add a lot of 'alert' sentences in each point that I wanted to check, but later I found Firebug.

Firebug show us each javascript error code, give us a brief description about each error and the best part is that let us run step by step the javscript code, at same time we can watch each variable value, create break points, and follow the secuence of code.

If you want to start using Firebug, you should download:

Firefox
Firebug

Fast How To:

1- Open Firebug

2- Activate "Script" tab, then select one file to debug, from "Inspect" list.

3- Put break points on the javascript source

4- Trigger off the event to start the javascript code execution, then you can use the watch window

Please excuse my english, english is not my first language.

Ejecutar código JavaScript paso a paso con Firebug

English Version

Antes de conocer Firebug, corregir un error en un código javascript me era complicado, tenía que agregar muchas sentencias 'alert' en distintos lugares del código, para descubrir donde estaba el error que buscaba, pero después encontré Firebug y todo cambio.

Firebug encuentra y enumera los errores de código javascript, brinda una descripción de cada error y lo mejor de todo es que permite ejecutemos paso a paso el código, inspeccionar los valores de las variables, crear 'break points', y seguir la secuencia del código javascript paso a paso.

Herramientas Necesarias:

Descargar Firefox
Descargar Firebug

Pasos Rápidos:

1- Abrir Firebug

2- Activar la ficha "Script" y seleccionar el archivo correspondiente en el selector "Inspect"

3- Ubicar los break points en el código javascript

4- Disparar el evento que ejecute el código y usar los controles de ejecución y el inspector de variables