Debugging HTTP? Get Charles
Charles is an amazing tool that every web developer should have in their toolchest. It records the HTTP conversations between your browser and the web and lets you analyze them. It can even record HTTPS conversations and remove the encryption.
Some questions that Charles will quickly answer:
- what cookies are we sending to the browser?
- which POST parameters are coming from the browser?
- how many AJAX requests is my form sending?
- why is this webpage slow?
Charles tool is fully-capable shareware, so you can try it out before you pony up the necessary $50.
