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What is the Google Chrome equivalent to Firebug?

I'm looking for a tool that can: inspect HTML elements manage/debug JavaScript profile performance modify elements in real-time
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Is it bad to develop against production data?

I've always heard that it is bad practice to develop against production data and am currently in the process of moving to a Dev>Stage>Production model, mainly because I have a new employee with minimal skills and I'd rather not have him work…
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Whats the best way to create/handle a dev server?

As I expand on different website changes I'm trying to find a better and safer alternative to my current testing.domain.com and FTP solution. My goal is to put the site in revision control (probably Git due to its excellent branching and tagging…
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Web Development Environment: How to distribute edited hosts files over bunch of mac machines?

I am doing some research to prepare some web development environment for our small(10ppl and growing) new office. User Case: For each new web project usually we create new alias on an Apache server someproject.companywebsite From my understanding…
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Google Chrome developer tools metric units

I would like to know if there is a way to change default "px" unit after you hover an element in dev tools, into em, percent, in, pt, pc. Most important for me would be possibility to see em values of an element. Thank you in advance for you…
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GA UA codes for testing site - set up

Anyone know the process for using a GA live UA code to test a site in development. I.e. I have a live site with a GA UA code attached, tracking live traffic data etc e.g. UA-123456. I've been told that there is a way to produce another code…
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How can I have multiple sessions in FF without using profiles?

I'd like to test my website as different users simultaneously, ideally on Firefox. Currently the only ways I know of doing this are Using different browsers Using profiles with FF It's frustrating using FF profiles as you have to reinstall all…
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what is difference between vps and Dedicated Servers

I am web developer and I've created an application in nodejs and i want to deploy my app on cloud and i searched everywhere and I've found two options: 1.Virtual Private Servers 2.Dedicated Servers I am confused which server is good for deployment…
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Site indexed on temporary domain before site went live

I made a careless mistake with one of my sites. While developing it I put it on some temporary domain of mine and thought I would remove it after couple of days. That is why I did not included any robots.txt. Then due to some problems I completely…
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is it possible testing a site on a smartphone using a local server and wifi?

Is there any way to access a local server via a smartphone during developement, or must I test it online?
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Best way for developers to upload files to production server

Small team of developers doing their work here and there. We have a team leader, and is sole responsible for uploading updated source files from the development server to the production server. So let's say, so if an updated files needs to be…
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What is the easiest/lightest setup to get a basic LAMP stack setup for development?

I'm looking for a minimum of fuss here to get up and running. Bonuses: - cross platform - portable (can be installed/run from a USB) Clarification: I'm not looking to setup a full-fledged remote testing server, I just need something simple that I…
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Is it better for speed and reliability to use one domain, or multiple (sub)domains?

I have a plan to start a website with different topics and tools. And my doubt here is... is it okay to present all these topics on a single domain (example.com), or is it better to make some subdomain for each category? In this case, I want to…
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creating a tag-based website and not using programming?

I want to create a tag-based website, and I need a tool that I could use (preferably without programming). It's a site where a user could pick tags on a certain item. All tags will be placed under a group that they are logically linked to (I will do…
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Will Page Rank affect if we delete index.php from URL?

Suppose a website having page rank 3 and it contains index.php in all its urls like below and their page rank www.xyz.com/index.php/about-us Page rank 2 www.xyz.com/index.php/services Page rank 2 . . and so on. So if we remove "index.php" now, will…
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