The Firebug Smackdown

Presented by Mike Wilcox and Bob Byron

Even the newest browsers can create a hostile environment for developers. Today's AJAX applications create dynamic HTML you won't see with View Source. CSS is harder than it looks. XmlHttpRequests are happening in the background.

Firebug is currently the developer's choice for debugging web sites and today's more powerful web applications. It goes much deeper than logging your messages and avoiding the use of alert(). In the Firebug Smackdown you have a ring side seat to witness a series of lightning rounds where Mike Wilcox and Bob Byron go head to head taking turns battling each other with their large repertoire of debugging and development, covering all sections of Firebug: Console, HTML, CSS, Script, DOM, Net, and more!

TARGET AUDIENCE - Web Developers of all skill levels

Mike and Bob will alternate taking 6 minutes to show Firebug features. These six minutes segments keep the pace brisk and the energy high. While Bob and Mike have worked with each other before, they do not know what features the other will show, which adds to the anticipation and comedic frustration. It's guaranteed that everyone in attendance will learn something new and useful.

About Mike Wilcox

Mike Wilcox is a software engineer for of one of the top AJAX companies in the United States, SitePen Inc., which is comprised of the original contributors of the Dojo Toolkit and other open source technologies. As co-founder of the JavaScript user group in Dallas, Club AJAX, Mike is a regular speaker with presentations that include "The JavaScript Programming Primer" and "'That's not Flash?' Native Browser Vector Graphics".

Mike is a key developer for the new Deft project in Dojo that implements most of the Flash-based components used in DojoX, like the File Uploader and the Video and Audio controls. He is also a primary contributor of the Dojo extensions for Adobe AIR. His latest project is a vector-based drawing library, which he hopes can be used to push the boundaries of browser user interfaces.

For more information, read Mike's blog at http://www.sitepen.com/blog/author/mwilcox/ and visit http://clubajax.org/

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