Visual Studio 2003 and Javascript help...

20 Mar 2007 3:17 PM

almurph@altavista.com

Hi,

    I'm using Visual Studio 2003 to develope a Web-form application. This
application required me to do some Javascripting.
    Now my Javascrip is not exactly what you would good - I need lots of
help and explanations etc... High levels of variable transparence
etc.
Because of this, I found the whole deugging routine quite difficult
with VS2003 and Javascript. For example, the intelligent completion
thingy works but does not provide an explanation of the methods etc...
    I was wondering is there a plug-in that can enhance VS2003's
Javascript development ability?

    Any comments/suggestions/user-experiences much, much appreciated.

Cheers & thanks
Al.

21 Mar 2007 10:09 AM

Michael Nemtsev

Hello almu***@altavista.com,

The support of debuggin JS in vs 2003 is weak
You can use:
1) "debugger;" instruction in your JS code to put breakpoint
2) "Firebug" pluging for FireFox with allows you to debug JS

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a> I'm using Visual Studio 2003 to develope a Web-form application. This
a> application required me to do some Javascripting.
a> Now my Javascrip is not exactly what you would good - I need lots
a> of
a> help and explanations etc... High levels of variable transparence
a> etc.
a> Because of this, I found the whole deugging routine quite difficult
a> with VS2003 and Javascript. For example, the intelligent completion
a> thingy works but does not provide an explanation of the methods
a> etc...
a> I was wondering is there a plug-in that can enhance VS2003's
a> Javascript development ability?

22 Mar 2007 12:26 PM

Laurent Bugnion [MVP]

Hi,

Michael Nemtsev wrote:

> Hello almu***@altavista.com,
>
> The support of debuggin JS in vs 2003 is weak
> You can use:
> 1) "debugger;" instruction in your JS code to put breakpoint
> 2) "Firebug" pluging for FireFox with allows you to debug JS

Actually, debugging support in VS2003 is not that bad. You can attach
the debugger to the IEXPLORE process and enjoy the full JavaScript
debugger. No need for the nasty "debugger" keyword.

For Firefox, better than Firebug you have Venkmanm, which is a full
blown JavaScript debugger.

HTH,
Laurent