MozLab 0.1.4 review

MozLab is a collection of tools and libraries for developers of Mozilla and Web applications. MozLab consists of MozRepl, which le

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 53K Developer: Massimiliano Mirra

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MozLab is a collection of tools and libraries for developers of Mozilla and Web applications.

MozLab consists of MozRepl, which lets you telnet into a running Firefox and program it from the inside. MozUnit, a framework for test-driven development, with a graphical runner and source browser; ModuleManager, a lightweight module/namespace system built around the jssubscript loader; and Libraries, an RDF-to-object mapper, an in-memory object DB, and an asynchronous state machine driver.

What's in the package?

MozRepl

Connect to Firefox and other Mozilla apps, explore and modify them from the inside, while they're running.

Execute Javascript, play with browser GUI, sneak into HTML pages, examine functions and variables, redefine them on the fly, hot-fix bugs, ...

MozUnit

Develop test-first style or just test against regressions: MozUnit provides framework, test runner, source browser, and API hooks for personalized reports.

Requirements:
Firefox

What's New in This Release:
A bug that caused session shutdown on inspecting some objects has been fixed.
Preferences have been added to configure the listening port and listening on startup.
This release is compatible with Firefox 2.0.