[wp-hackers] JavaScript bugs

Aaron Jorbin aaron at jorb.in
Sun Dec 16 06:00:50 UTC 2012


Also, make sure you have SCRIPT_DEBUG[1] enabled, especially if you are
going to be contributing fixes back to WordPress.

1) http://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress#SCRIPT_DEBUG

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On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Drew <xoodrew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well since you asked, there's a brand-new Codex article for just such a
> thing.
>
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors
>
> It has directions for identifying JavaScript errors in the top 5 browsers.
>
> Drew
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 7:27 PM, William P. Davis <will.davis at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Chrome dev tools are fantastic for this as well - better than Firebug,
> I'd
> > say. Both will give you the line number in the script where the failure
> > occurred, and at least Chrome allows you to click on that to be taken
> > directly to the error.
> > Sent from my BlackBerry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com>
> > Sender: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:21:43
> > To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> > Reply-To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> > Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] JavaScript bugs
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I don't know if you tried this but if you got firefox installed, you may
> > want to look at firebug[1].
> >
> > Also if you think that there may be some caching going on, I would try
> > pressing Ctrl F5 to do a force refresh..
> >
> >
> > [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/
> >
> > Regards,
> > Daniel Fenn
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Dobromir Yordanov <dyordan1 at ramapo.edu
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hey guys and gals,
> > >
> > > Anyone know of a good way to find out what JS function is responsible
> for
> > > a certain behavior other than going through the JS files and trying to
> > > guess? I'm trying to patch up some JS bugs on Wordpress and it seems a
> > bit
> > > trickier than PHP patching. Also, whatever I change doesn't seem to be
> > > reflected when I reload so I'm guessing some caching kicks in (other
> than
> > > my browser's which should be disabled). Any ideas how to get around
> that?
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > ~Dobri
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