Introducing Drosera

I like to believe that most web designers have a love-hate relationship with javascript. Regardless of what most of us may think of it, having a tool that allows us to use it effectively is key. Perhaps Drosera is just such a tool?

I would like to introduce a new addition to the WebKit open source tools—a JavaScript debugger. Drosera, named after the largest genera of bug eating plants, lets you attach and debug JavaScript for any WebKit application—not just Safari.

One of the unique things about Drosera, like the Web Inspector, is that over 90% of it is written in HTML and JavaScript. This is a true testament of what you can do with web technologies today and the rapid development that WebKit allows.

So update your tree or download the nightly and give Drosera a try. The nightly always has JavaScript debugging enabled, you just need to attach from Drosera. However, to attach to Safari with your own WebKit build you will need to type the following once in the Terminal…. Source: Surfin’ Safari