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This reminds me of two other now-obsolete web debugging tools.

Weinre[1] let you to view the DOM, network requests, and console output when testing sites on a phone. Aardwolf[2] provided an interactive JavaScript debugger, by rewriting the code to add debug hooks.

[1] http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/ [2] https://github.com/lexandera/Aardwolf

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Weinre made building apps using PhoneGap/Cordova just that tiny little bit less painful in the early days. Really great tool.

Is there consensus on what to use instead of weinre these days? I have mobile-only issues with my web apps rarely enough that I feel like I always have to start searching from scratch to find a remote debugging tool.

Both chrome and Firefox support debugging their mobile android versions from their desktop versions.

I'm sure safari offers the same for iOS.

    I'm sure safari offers the same for iOS.

Indeed it does! Been quite a while since I used it, but I do remember it being quite seamless and enjoyable.

https://www.browserstack.com/guide/how-to-debug-on-iphone

Actually, last time I had an issue with iOS safari I found this really useful since I'm developing on Linux:

https://apitman.com/12/#debuggin-ios-safari

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