Inspector
Webinale 2008, Germany
Martin Wittemann

Martin Wittemann
• Inspector as a Bachelor Thesis

Inspecting Applications
• Debugging of JavaScript is Complicated
• Different Possibilities in Every Browser
• Inspecting Components is Missing

Firebug?
• Only Works in Firefox
• Does not Match the Needs of qooxdoo

Features
• Widget Inspector
• Objects Overview
• Properties Dialog
• Console

Widget Inspector
• Tree Structure Representing Layout
Structure
• Live Inspection

Objects Overview
• All Instantiated Objects
• Sortable by Hash Code or Number of
Instances
• Searchable
• Includes Pollution Report

Properties Dialog
• All Properties of the Selected Widget
• Supports Inherited Properties
• Live Modification
• API Viewer Reference Links
• Different Sort Options

Console
• Command Line to Execute JavaScript
• Selected Widget Available Under „this“
• Auto Complete of Properties and Methods
• Object Browser
• Breadcrumbs for Widget Browser
• Available as qooxdoo Logger

Common Features
• Select Any Widget by Click
• Reload Supported
• Configurable Keyboard Shortcuts

Status
• Based on qooxdoo 0.7.x
• Will be ported to qooxdoo 0.8

Demo

Questions?