FirePython is a sexy Python logger console integrated into Firebug.

Originally, I have created it to light up my lonely nights I was spending with Google App Engine.

You definitely need Firebug 1.2 or higher.

Version 0.2 is quite outdated (November 2008). I haven't made time to do proper release of 0.3 yet. Are you adventurous? Skip this and check installation of latest version from sources in next section.

Preferred way is to install this firefox extension via addons.mozilla.com.

sudo easy_install firepython

If you want to install latest addon from sources, you need to build it. It should be simple, but make sure you have these tools on your paths:

• git
• zip
• ruby and rake

git clone git://github.com/darwin/firepython-addon.git
git clone git://github.com/darwin/firepython.git
cd firepython
rake

After that your XPI should be available in build/firepython-X.Y.xpi.

You should be able to install XPI file into Firefox: File -> Open File ... and browse for firepython-X.Y.xpi.

Remember, that you should be also using latest FirePython library on server-side (see next section).

Just note, that it depends on simplejson (or some other json parsing library needed by jsonpickle).

Clone project from github in your project directory.

Or if your web project uses git for versioning, you may want to be cool and use firepython as a submodule of your git repository.

git submodule add git://github.com/darwin/firepython.git relative/path/to/firepython

Note: replace last parameter with relative path in your repo.

In case firepython directory is not on your import paths, you need to add relative/path/to folder into your sys.path.

After installation, enable middleware by adding its path in MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES: firepython.middleware.FirePythonDjango.

After installation, enable middleware firepython.middleware.FirePythonWSGI.

Look for inspiration in middleware.py

• FirePython added to Bloog (blog engine for GAE)
• FirePython added to DryDrop (GAE hosting engine for GitHubbers && !Pythonists)

• Version 0.3 works with final Firebug 1.3 + Firefox 3.1 and Firebug 1.2.1 + Firefox 3.0.4. Btw. I'm running it with Firefox 3.2 (Nightly) + Firebug 1.4 (SVN branch)
• Version 0.2 is tested to work with alpha Firebug 1.3 and Firefox 3.1.

• Alexander Solovyov - python server-side library, Django and WSGI middlewares.
• Ivan Fedorov - helping out with threading issues.

• Joe Hewitt, John J. Barton, Jan Odvarko and others in Firebug working group - without these guys, the web wouldn't look like today.
• Christoph Dorn and FirePHP contributors - a lot of inspiration, good work mates!
• John Paulett for jsonpickle library - I was naively developing poor man's solution for inspecting objects in Python, but hopefully googled this gem early

Go to Firebug Menu -> Open With Editor -> Configure editors ... like this:

Some people reported this problem too. You may try workaround.

The support forum is here.

IRC channel #firepython at freenode

• FirePython — no prints? (by Alexander Solovyov)

• v0.3 (to be released)

  • compatibility with Firebug 1.2
  • password protection for production site
  • path rewrite functionality
  • console supports rich formatting of python log messages
  • thread-safety
  • improved API

• v0.2 (24.11.2008)

  • Django and WSGI middlewares by Alexander Solovyov
  • added as firepython package to PyPI index
  • fixed FirePython panel styles when Firebug window was detached from main window

• v0.1 (15.11.2008)

  • public alpha release
  • initial server-side support for Python and Google App Engine
  • communication via response headers
  • logging module functionality (debug, info, warning, error, critical)
  • log record filtering by type
  • log record searching
  • opening files in TextMate (click to timestamp field)