VS2008 Javascript Debugging
by David Hayden
I realize it wasn't impossible to debug Javascript and AJAX applications using VS2005 and external tools like Firebug, Web Development Helper, Fiddler, etc., but as I mentioned earlier, one can now set breakpoints and get a more traditional Javascript debugging experience from within VS2008 which really helps. Shown below is a simple breakpoint in Javascript code and a view of local variables in the function using Visual Studio 2008:
