Team Remote ASP Debugger

Frequently Asked Questions

Can it debug VBScript and JavaScript in ASP?

• Yes. <% @Language = Vbscript %>, <% @Language = JavaScript %>, <% @Language = JScript %> are fully supported in ASP pages

Can it debug VBScript and JavaScript in HTML?

• No, but SplineTech JavaScript HTML Debugger PRO can.
• When the code physically runs inside a browser (so called Client-side debugging), the underlying technologies that enable client-side debugging are very different from those that enable server-side debugging of ASP, therefore we created 2 separate products for that.
• Ultimate Web Debugging Suite includes both Team Remote ASP Debugger PRO FULL and  SplineTech JavaScript HTML Debugger PRO

Can other people browse the site while I debug on it?

• Yes, this is possible only with Team Remote ASP Debugger

Can other people debug while I debug on it?

• Yes, if they have the source files and have the debugger installed on their machines.
• Team Remote ASP Debugger is the only debugger in the world among every technology that allows simultaneous remote debugging by multiple developers.

How does it distinguish between different users?

• Through IPs. It checks the IP, checks if the client side of the debugger is running there, and enables debugging for that particular ASP page request.

What is Remote debugging and Local debugging?

• If your IIS is on your desktop - that is local debugging
• If IIS is on another machine - that is remote debugging

What is required to debug ASP remotely?

• Team Remote ASP Debugger PRO FULL Edition. It consists of a client part and a server part.
• Install the server part of it on your server
• Install the client part of it on your desktop

Does it require any port open, or specific firewall configuration?

• No

ASP is becoming a legacy, what is your take on that?

• Yes, it does. Yet there is a huge base of ASP sites that need to be maintained and debugged. From that perspective we do not foresee any significant difficulties

Do you develop ASPX, ASP.NET debugger?

• Yes.
• We are developing ASP.NET debugger, that will be based on the underlying remote debugging framework that is developed for ASP.
• It will provide smooth ASP.NET remote debugging over intranet and internet, and will be useful for debugging distributed .NET applications containing Web Services.