Check Out These Upgrades I Made To The CakePHP DebugKit (in screencast format)

Posted by Matt on Thu, Jan 29 2009

UPDATE: The changes below have all been merged into the official DebugKit. You should definitely use that version.

I've been doing some upgrades on the CakePHP DebugKit and wanted to share them with everyone. I figured doing a quick screencast would be faster then writing a post. Was I wrong. It took me like an hour to record this, even though the running time is just over two minutes. The code is available at http://github.com/mcurry/debug_kit/tree/master. Most of my changes have been rolled into the official version (or Mark has implemented his own fixes, which are better anyway). So stick to the official version at http://thechaw.com/debug_kit. At the moment only the jQuery version is working. Enjoy!

Posted in CakePHP, Code

11 Comments

Sam DeVore said on Jan 29, 2009
Those are really nice additions. Thanks

Sam D
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JadB said on Jan 30, 2009
Nice one!
I bet those features will be helpful for more than one of us.. Have you told Mark about them? I think they should be merged to the original git repo... just a thought..

But again, great work! Will try it soon.. :)
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Mike B said on Jan 30, 2009
Very cool. The debugkit just gets better and better. Kudos
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Mark Story said on Jan 30, 2009
Neat stuff matt, I haven't had a chance to review the patch, but when I do, this looks like a shoe in. Just have to de-jquery-ify the javascript :)
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Matt said on Jan 30, 2009
Sweet!

I don't know if I can write JavaScript without jQuery anymore. Kind of scary actually.
Abba Bryant said on Jan 30, 2009
I just watched this with a coworker. Having never heard you speak before it was quite a surprise to both of us...your voice and mine are near identical.

Awesome addition to an awesome plugin.
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Matt said on Feb 02, 2009
I feel like this should be an SNL bit. Where two guys have the same voice and think this gives them to power to stand in for each other, but since they look nothing alike everyone is completely confused.
dr. Hannibal Lecter said on Feb 01, 2009
Damn this is sweet.

(or)

I am speechless. I am without speech.
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Brendon Kozlowski said on Feb 02, 2009
That is absolutely awesome...
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Brendon Kozlowski said on Feb 02, 2009
Hmmm...does the archive download link not work, Matt?
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Matt said on Feb 02, 2009
The one on GitHub?

I see this all the time - not just with my stuff. They have some issues. If you keep trying it will eventually work. Sucks, I know.