Firebug/WeeklyUpdates/2010-12-14

John J. Barton, Honza, Steve Roussey, Mike Collins, Grant Gayed, Mike Rennie, Pat Mueller

1.6.0

• Keyboard interference
  • 1.6.1b2 next week, 1.6.1 after good

FF 4.0

• Still stuck https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610793
• 4.0 will not support interruptHook unless prefixed with enableSingleStepInterrupts(frame)
• Break on next for script panel used interrupt hook but it has no 'frame'.
• Solution: re-coded Break On next using topLevelHook and functionHook.

1.7.0

• Storage test fails https://getfirebug.com/tests/content/dom/storage/storage.html
• Stack Frames in script.js now cross-browser format
• Next: replace cross-browser format with bti format

Modules

• exports object mystery
• James Burke: wants to assign to exports
• node supports
• convert BTI to modules

Conservancy

• Some progress in discussions between Bradley Kuhn, Steve Roussey and John Barton

Source Mapping

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618650
• Abstract source API might allow Firebug to debug code compiled into Javascript

Mueller Debugger Server

• webkit backend web-inspector
• talk remote XHR
• console, DOM view support, not JS debug
• working to open source via PhoneGap (~1mon)
• could be example code for working with webkit

Crossfire

• extension mechanism "Tools" support mostly working and checkin
• console and net listener examples as tool
• change breakpoint todo next
• Fennec example on deck