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Here is a list of the best Firefox plug-ins for web developers.

Anyway, these are the plug-ins I use.

Category: Web Developer Plug-ins

 

Firebug – Essential

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page…

https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/1843

http://getfirebug.com/

 

And here a list of the best firebug extensions:

• Firequery

  – a firebug extension for jQuery dudes:
  
  http://firequery.binaryage.com/

• YSlow

  for web performance and speed freaks
  
  http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

• Pixel perfect

  – for exactly perfect PSD to HTML checking
  
  http://www.pixelperfectplugin.com/

• FirePHP

  – php to firebug console logging
  
  http://www.firephp.org/

• Google Page Speed

  – from the YSlow genius who is now at Google.
  
  http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/

• Code Burner

  – HTML & CSS reference
  
  http://tools.sitepoint.com/codeburner/

• FireRainbow

  – Yay- Syntax highlighting in firebug.
  
  http://firerainbow.binaryage.com/

• FireCookie

  – why not look at your cookies from within firebug?
  
  http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firecookie/

• LiveCoder

  – take a look at the internal state of firefoy thingys.
  
  http://getlivecoder.com/

• Firediff

  – watch things change at run time.
  
  http://www.incaseofstairs.com/firediff/

Web Developer Toolbar

A great tool.

http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/

 

Measure It

A cool little screen measuring tool.

http://www.kevinfreitas.net/extensions/measureit/

 

HTTP Fox

Keep an eye on traffic.

http://code.google.com/p/httpfox/

 

Live HTTP Headers

Heads up!

http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/

 

Json Viewer

A great idea, syntax highlight json from within Firefox!

http://brh.numbera.com/software/jsonview/

 

Color Zilla

RGB, Hex, Eyedroper, Color Picker…

http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/

 

Tamper Data

Fuzz the web server / http data stream

http://tamperdata.mozdev.org/

 

User Agent Switcher

Give Firefox a true identity crisis.

 

http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/

 

IE Tab

Whoa – more split personality issues. Render pages using MSIE within Firefox, and switch between rendering engines quickly.

http://ietab.mozdev.org/

 

Screengrab

The best in-browser shotter.

http://www.screengrab.org/

 

iMacros

Record and play like it’s Windows 3.1 for workgroups.

http://www.iopus.com/imacros/firefox/?ref=fxmoz

 

Selenium

Most powerful GUI testing framework.

http://seleniumhq.org/

 

Total Validator

Get the joy of compliant and valid source code.

http://www.totalvalidator.com/tool/extension.html

 

Dummy Lipsum

When writer’s cramp sets in, still make your daily page quota.

http://sogame.awardspace.com/dummylipsum/

 

Grid Fox

For all you subtraction lovers.

http://www.puidokas.com/portfolio/gridfox/

 

XML Developer

Transform, rotate.

http://xmldeveloper.mozdev.org/screenshots.html