It’s been established that we programmers love our keyboards. Seriously, the more I can use the keyboard and the less I can use my mouse, the better.
As we continue to blur the lines with web and desktop application navigation with tools like Vimium, I look forward to being able to perform more and more console-like operations within the browser.
Tools like jQuery Shell continue to make the browser a more comfortable environment.
jQuery Shell is a Chrome Extension that allows you to execute jQuery-based JavaScript within the context of the given page.
After playing with it for a while, I’d say that one of the nicest features is the ability to reload the current page without losing the code you’re attempting to execute – this makes attaching event listeners whenever the DOM is ready a breeze.
It’s also got basic error reporting, the ability to page through previous blocks of code, and to repeatedly execute whatever you’ve entered into the console.
Jmayhak says
jquerify is another option. It comes as a bookmarklet or a plugin for firebug.
http://ejohn.org/blog/hacking-digg-with-firebug-and-jquery/
Tom says
Nice – big fan of Resig.