better developer tools

[CheeseBurger]

i have an idea that can help devs on their work!

my idea is that if you added the ability to code from the browser itself, what i mean by that is that if the dev can write code and see his work on his website at the same time and the twist is that he can see the page changing in real time without refreshing it, personally as a beginner web dev this Future will really help me in my journy.

[Jon]

Thanks for submitting an idea to the Mozilla Connect community! Your idea is now open to votes (aka kudos) and comments.

[Honza]

Hi, thank you for reaching out!

There are already ways to tweak the page "live" without needing to reload it entirely. Here are some examples:

• Editing styles: Style Editor
• Editing HTML: HTML Inspector
• Running JavaScript snippets within the page context: Web Console

We currently don’t plan to introduce a full JavaScript editor (like an IDE in the browser), but there are existing tools that allow developers to write code with automatic page reloading. For example, see this article on Webpack's Hot Module Replacement.

Thank you!