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jeresig/fireunit
A Firebug extension for JavaScript testing.
A Firebug extension for running JavaScript unit tests directly inside Firefox's developer console, circa 2009. Built by John Resig (jQuery's creator) as a way to get test output into the browser without a separate test harness page. It is historically interesting and nothing more.
Came from John Resig, so the underlying test API design was thoughtful for its era. Integrating with Firebug meant test results appeared inline with the console output — a genuinely useful UX idea that modern devtools have since absorbed. The XUL extension structure is a clean example of how Firefox add-ons were built in that period.
Last touched in 2009, Firebug itself is dead, and the XUL extension model it depends on no longer exists in Firefox. There is no test runner, no assertions beyond what is in fireunit.js, and the README is two sentences. Adopting this is not a mistake anyone would make — there is nothing here to adopt.