Debugging Tool for Viewing HTTP Headers

If you do any sort of web development using Flash or AJAX then you’ve probably dealt with making asynchronous web requests….ones that run behind the scenes. In these type of applications you’ve probably needed to analyze a Web Service request at some point in time. In most situations this is very difficult to do from the client (web browser).

I’ve used LiveHTTPHeaders for FireFox which is a great tool and can save you a tremendous amount of time when debugging applications. It runs as a plugin and can be integrated easily into your debugging workflow.

Today I stumbled across the same type of plugin for IE called ieHTTPHeaders. We ran into an interesting situation at work where something worked perfectly in FireFox, but was completely broken in IE. This tool proved extremely useful and saved me a good amount of debugging time.

I highly recommend both plugins and even if you’re not into development it’s cool to watch what goes on underneath the hood.