Firefox Add-On: DOM Inspector « Erm's I.T. Girl

Firefox Add-On: DOM Inspector

Well, it is no state secret that I am a Firefox fan. It is definite the best Web Browser.

This is such a handy tool for Web developers, especially if you make Themes and Extensions (Add-Ons). You can install it from here. One can inspect in a two page pane the DOM (Document Object Model) of any Web page or XUL (XML User Interface Language – pronounced zool ) window. In other words the structure and the properties of a page or window.

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DOM – Document Object Model
This is the API (application programming interface) for valid HTML and well-formed XML documents. In other all the tags,e.g.<html> ,<div>, <script>, etc. So the DOM specifies how XML and HTML documents are represented as objects, which enables us to use them in object oriented programs.

XUL – XML User Interface Language
This is is Mozilla’s XML-based language that lets you build applications. Although it is not a an official standard, it relies on the existing Web Standards like CSS, Javascript and DOM. This make it quite easy for Web developers to learn. Read more here at Mozilla’s XUL site.

Another Add-On you can also consider is XPather.

Happy Coding