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Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site

Minify JavaScript and CSS

Minify JavaScript and CSS can be done by the following tools:

JSMin YUI Compressor

Tool support for debugging

Firefox

• FireBug - Debugger, DOM-navigation, XMLHttpRequest monitor ++.
  • YSlow
  • Web Developer
• Venkman - Heavy debugger, used to be the best but is probably behind Firebug by now.
• JavaScript shell - Interactive JavaScript shell (bookmarklet for Firefox)

Internet Explorer

HOW-TO: Debug JavaScript in Internet Explorer

• Microsoft Script Debugger - Simpel JavaScript debugger. Not very good.

• Microsoft Script Editor - Ligger gjemt på Office-2003-cd'en. A bit more extensive JavaScript debugger. Pretty good.

• Visual Studio 2005 - Microsoft's best JavaScript debugger. Costs money. Best debugger these days according to Douglas Crockford.

• Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition - Free. Supposedly contains the same debugger as Visual Studio, but had problems getting it working.

• Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar - Nifty plugin for DOM-navigation m.m.

• Fiddler - HTTP Debugging Proxy

Safari

• Drosera