"Normal" Debugging possible using e.g. FireFox's Venkman plugin ?

[SchlauKunde]

I have just read the "Debugging" section of the online documentation and was a bit astonished to find instructions for logging variable/object property values; I prefer to use an interactive line debugger like for example FireFox's Venkman to see what's going on within the code ...

Can I debug SmartClient apps with an interactive debugger like Venkman ? And if yes, are there some instructions of how to do that ?

[Isomorphic]

In the Debugging topic we recommend Firebug, which provides line-level debugging. There are lots of docs and online tutorials for Firebug, and no special instructions for its use with SmartClient.

Logging and line-level debugging are complimentary approaches. Logging works better when step-throughs are tedious, when your change/reload/test cycle is quick, and if you want to create permanent diagnostic information for use in production deployments.

However we find that for most debugging sessions, runtime inspection via the Developer Console is quicker than either step-through debugging or logging.

[SchlauKunde]

That statement makes me happy :-) ! Because having several choices when it should come to debugging is somehow reassuring :-) !