Webkit is the open source browser engine behind Safari, Google Chrome, Apple Mail, the iPhone, Google Android, Palm Pre, and possibly new Blackberries. The latest version of Webkit is available as a special version of Safari at
webkit.org. Aside from just being able to try out the very latest features, like
CSS masks,
CSS transitions and animation,
CSS 3D transforms, and
WebGL, the Webkit Inspector has become one of the slickest and best tools for web developers for debugging HTML, CSS, and Javascript. As of yesterday, it just got even better. You can read the
full posting about it, which is pretty long, or use the links below to jump to the section you're interested in.
With the new Webkit Inspector, it is a whole lot easier to edit
HTML,
CSS, and
colors on the fly and see immediate results. If you ever do anything advanced with Javascript, the new
event listener section,
improved breakpoints, and
AJAX debugger are invaluable. There are other minor updates, like
syntax coloring on CSS and embedded Javascript and CSS; it only did HTML and standalone Javascript before. The
resource loading timeline and
console have also been improved.