From TechCrunch:

Dragonfly will also show the most up-to-date document object model (DOM) of a page, not just its initial construction. This means the effects of dynamic changes to a webpage, whether Ajax-driven or not, will now be much more transparent and traceable.

This should make debugging DHTML heavy a heck of a lot easier.

Tags: javascript, css, dhtml

Via Daring Fireball: Some dude creates a Homer Simpson using text and CSS. Fan-freaking-tastic!

Tags: css, homer, simpson

While I was editing my new web site template, I used a tool for the Mac from Cultured Code called Xyle Scope.



It's a pretty nifty little (and fairly inexpensive) tool for looking at CSS code rendered in web pages. You'll easily find that you can find out how objects on your page map to your CSS styles. This little app can be a major time saver if you're doing a lot of web development. I've been using it under the 10 day eval period, and I think it's good enough to buy.

If you recall, Cultured Code is the company behind Things, which I raved about last month.

Tags: culturedcode, xyle scope, css

While there are plenty of Javascript/Ajax/CSS libraries out there, one of the best is the YUI libraries from the Yahoo Developer Network. They've got libraries for just about every major user interface component you can think of, and a little more.



The libraries are well documented, and there are also instructional videos that you can watch. The videos are also available in the iTunes store as podcasts (look for YUI Theater).

Tags: javascript, css, gui, library, freeware, open source, ajax